Olympic Champion  Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce headline a list of

63 athletes in three sporting disciplines — athletics, swimming and gymnastics — to the 31st Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil, from August  

5th  to 21st .  Of the 63 athletes, which include 34 females and 29 males, 44 will be attending their first Olympic Games.

Swimmers Alia Atkinson and Timothy Wynter will participate in the 100m breaststroke and backstroke, respectively, with diver Yona Knight-Wisdom set for the 3M Springboard.

Toni-Ann Williams will be Jamaica’s first gymnast to the Olympics.

There were no major surprises in terms of inclusion or omission from the team, and all the people with medical exemptions were included.

Six-time Olympic champion Bolt heads a powerful 59-member track and field squad of 32 women and 27 men to “Operation Rio 2016”, it was announced by the Jamaica Olympic Association at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel this morning köpa cialis.

Bolt, will be looking to successfully defend his 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay titles while Fraser-Pryce will be hunting an unprecedented third 100m Olympic crown.

United States-based Aisha Praught, who did not participate at the Jamaican Senior Championship because of a lack of sufficient entrants for the 1500m, was named to the team.

Vishwanaught Tolan is the Chef de Mission of the Jamaican delegation, which will include 26 administrative and medical officials as well as coaches.

In Rio, Jamaica will be hoping to better their 12-medal haul of four gold, four silver and four bronze from the London 2012 Olympics.