Michael Fennell, president of the Jamaica Olympic Association. - Ricardo Makyn

Minutes after the Jamaica Olympic Association released the names of the 50 athletes who will represent the country at the London Olympic Games, president Mike Fennell expressed confidence that the island will be well represented in London at the July 27- August 12 championships

Twenty-four male and 23 female athletes, Canada-born equestrian Samantha Albert (eventing), swimmer Alia Atkinson (100m breaststroke) and tae kwon do specialist Kenneth Edwards, who will compete in the 84kg weight class, will, along with 22 officials, champion the nation's campaign in the English capital.

National 100m and 200m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will attempt her first double at an international meet, as she is entered in the 100m and 200m. While it is not unusual for Fraser-Pryce, who has won an Olympic gold medal and a World Championships gold and silver over the past four years in the 100m, to double at the national trials, this will mark her first attempt at this level.

The list also confirmed that Jamaica will, for the first time, have representatives in the men's and women's discus at the Olympics, with Allison Randall expected to join national champion Traves Smikle and national record holder Jason Morgan in London.

"The team more or less selected itself because, of course, nowadays, unlike the old days, it's all subject to qualifying times and distances and various other types of qualifications, so the selections sometimes is a misnomer," said Fennell yesterday, before expressing his confidence in the athletes on the squad.

"I am confident, I am always confident in our athletes, they have never let us down. They are going to have to really work hard. .. Some people are talking as if it's a given that they are going to win these medals, but they will have to put in a lot of hard work, the right attitudes, right approach and hopefully less quarrelling among ourselves," Fennell noted.

Key to building the desired team vibe and attitude is a pre-Olympic camp, which will be staged in Birmingham.

Athletes will begin meeting up at the University of Birmingham on July 15 and will leave there and head into the Olympic Village in London on July 26 - a day before the opening ceremony.

"They (athletes) will be there with the team management and the work of the coaches and managers is really to blend everybody together so that we are one harmonious unit. It worked before certainly in Beijing and I don't see why it shouldn't work again," Fennell reasoned.

ATHLETICS

Women

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (100m, 200m, 4x100m); Veronica Campbell-Brown (100m, 200m, 4x100m); Kerron Stewart (100m, 4x100m); Sherone Simpson (200m, 4x100m); Schillonie Calvert (4x100m); Samantha Henry Robinson (4x100m); Novlene Williams-Mills (400m, 4x400m); Rosemarie Whyte (400m, 4x400m); Christine Day (400m, 4x400m); Shericka Williams (4x400m); Shereefa Lloyd (4x400m); Dominique Blake (4x400m); Kenia Sinclair (800m); Brigitte Foster-Hylton (100m hurdles); Latoya Greaves (100m hurdles); Shermaine Williams (100m hurdles); Melaine Walker (400m hurdles); Kaliese Spencer (400m hurdles); Nickiesha Wilson (400m hurdles); Kimberly Williams (triple jump); Trecia Smith (triple jump); Allison Randall (discus); Korine Hinds (3,000m steeplechase)

Men

Yohan Blake (100m, 200m, 4x100m); Usain Bolt (100m, 200m, 4x100m); Asafa Powell (100m, 4x100m); Michael Frater (4x100m); Kemar Bailey-Cole (4x100m), Nesta Carter (4x100m); Warren Weir (200m); Dane Hyatt (400m, 4x400m); Rusheen McDonald (400m, 4x400m), Jermaine Gonz-ales (400m, 4x400m); Errol Nolan (4x400m), Edino Steele (4x400m); Riker Hylton (4x400m); Hansle Parchment (110m hurdles); Andrew Riley (110m hurdles); Richard Phillips (110m hurdles); Leford Green (400m hurdles); Josef Robertson (400m hurdles); Roxroy Cato (400m hurdles); Damion Forbes (long jump); Dorian Scott (shot put); Traves Smikle (discus), Jason Morgan (discus); Maurice Smith (decathlon) .

Equestrian: Samantha Albert (eventing)

Swimming: Alia Atkinson (100m breaststroke)

Tae kwon do: Kenneth Edwards (84kg)

DELEGATION OFFICIALS

Don Anderson - chef de mission; Compton Rodney - deputy chef de mission.

Marlene Hamilton - female manager.

ATHLETICS

Ludlow Watts, team manager; Donald Quarrie, technical manager; coaches Bertland Cameron, Maurice Wilson, Maurice Westney, Fitzalbert Coleman.

MEDICAL

Dr Warren Blake - chief medical officer; Dr Priamanand Singh, Dr Winston Dawes

Physiotherapists: Michelle Depass, Dr Karen Julius.

Masseurs: Everald Edwards, Gavin James, Colin Turner, Patrick Watson.

EQUESTRIAN

Team manager - Anthony Pasmore.

TAE KWON DO

Team manager - Gladstone Bernard

SWIMMING

Team manager - Martin Lyn Coach - Christopher Anderson.