Jamaican sprint stars Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce were included on Thursday in Jamaica's 68-strong athletics squad for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Six-time Olympic gold medallist Bolt and two-time 100m Olympic champion Fraser-Pryce are both expected to compete only in the 4x100m relays.
Both missed last weekend's Jamaican championships, the selection meeting for the Commonwealth Games, after requesting medical exemptions.
Under the rules of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA), top ranked athletes who request medical exemption from the trials can be included in the squad, but must prove their fitness before the Games start.
Fraser-Pryce had a string of poor results before submitting her medical certificate, but Bolt, who had earlier indicated along with training partner Yohan Blake that they were not interested in racing in Glasgow, had a change of heart last week and signalled his readiness to compete at the Games.
However Bolt, the world record holder in the 100m and 200m, had said he didn't want to take a spot in an individual race from an athlete who earned selection at the trials.
Multiple world and Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown and World and Olympic 200m medallist Warren Weir are also on the team.
Campbell-Brown, who pulled out of a Diamond League meeting in Lausanne on Thursday, won the Jamaican 100m title last weekend while Weir was second to up-and-coming sprinter Rasheed Dwyer in the 200m final.
World No.1 ranked 400m hurdler Kaliese Spencer is included, as are world indoor triple jump bronze medallist Kimberly Williams and Olympic 110m hurdles bronze medallist Hansle Parchment.
In all, 114 competitors in 11 sports will represent Jamaica in Glasgow from July 23 through August 3.
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