The powerhouse sprinting nation has been responsible for a production line of star athletes over the years, with a certain Usain Bolt the brightest name of them all.

In Birmingham, it will not be the strongest possible Jamaican line-up but you can be sure it will be a competitive squad, and the absence of some of the very best gives opportunities for others to flourish.

Triple Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who won an incredible fifth women's 100 metres title at the World Championships in Eugene this month, is among those who will be absent.

Elaine Thompson-Herah, who won the 100m and 200m double at both the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympics, is currently on the start-list, however, alongside the Tokyo winner in the men's 110m hurdles, Hansle Parchment.

Shericka Jackson, the world 200m champion in Eugene, has also been named alongside Olympic relay champions Remona Burchell and Natasha Morrison.

Whether all of these make it to the start-line in Birmingham, given the close proximity of the event to the World Championships, remains to be seen.

"Some of those top athletes won't be there," said Jamaica's Chef de Mission Rudolph Speid to insidethegames. 

"But we'll definitely have good enough replacements.

"I think it happens to all the countries when the athletes compete at the Diamond League, the World Championships...

"It's a factor, and I'm sure they don't want to get injured.

"They are running on the circuit and they are doing a lot of races.

"Some of the top, top athletes will not participate."

Speid will be in charge of around 110 athletes in Birmingham, with Jamaica competing in 18 sports.

He said he was looking forward to some breakthrough names leaving their mark on the athletics track.

"Some of these athletes would not normally get a chance to represent Jamaica, at the likes of the Olympics and World Championships," he said.

"This is one of the events that they look forward to as a springboard to get into the limelight.

"Normally we have breakout athletes and I expect the same here."

Speid also served as Chef de Mission at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima.

He is the chairman of the Jamaican Football Association's Technical Committee and a sporting director at the Cavalier club.

Other roles include previously serving as President of the Jamaica Volleyball Association.

"I understand what is expected of me," he said of the Chef de Mission task.

"It's really something that I enjoy.

"Ensuring that everything goes well and the country performs at its best, and ensuring the athletes are comfortable, the other managers are comfortable, and our sponsors are comfortable...

"All of those are on the Chef de Mission's head. They are the person in charge of everybody.

"It's a very important role that can help the team to perform at a maximum." 

Jamaica first competed at the Commonwealth Games in London in 1934 and won a total of 52 gold medals.

Capital Kingston played host in 1966, which was unfortunately one of only two occasions where Jamaica failed to win a gold medal.

In April, the Queen's Baton Relay spent three days in Jamaica and visited sites including the Usian Bolt Track.

The baton was taken to a church service at Spanish Town Cathedral and athletics legend and Olympic champion Don Quarrie was among those to carry it.

"We have always participated so the Commonwealth Games is something we look forward to," said Speid.

"The Commonwealth is still a little bit intriguing for the younger generation, they don't really understand and haven't grown up with it!

"But a lot of the athletes want to participate, especially the ones who want to make a name for themselves."