Egypt's Paralympians head for Athens expecting to do as well as any time before -- which is not bad at all. A look at some of the medal hopefuls MEN'S WEIGHTLIFTING Mandi Ahmed Abdel-Azim Weight: 48kg Past Achievements: first participation Expectations: Bronze medal Osama Abdel-Moneim Weight: 52kg Past Achievements: Silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics Gold medal at the 2003 World Championships in Malaysia Ahmed Gomaa Weight: 56kg Best Achievements: Gold medal in Sydney 2000 and a new Paralympic and world record, gold medal in 1996 Atlanta Games, gold medal and world record in 1992 Barcelona Games Expectations: Gold medal and a Paralympic record Shaban Yehia Weight: 60kg Best Achievements: Bronze medal in Sydney 2000, gold medal in All-Africa Games, Abuja Expectations: Silver medal Metwalli Mathana Weight: 67kg Best Achievements: Gold and new Paralympic and world record in Sydney 2000, gold medal in All-Africa Games, Abuja, gold medal in World Championships in Malaysia 2003, silver in Atlanta Expectations: Gold medal and a world record El-Sayed Abdel-Aal Weight: 75kg Best Achievements: Gold medal in All-Africa Games, Abuja Expectations: Silver medal Mustafa Fadloon Weight: 82kg Best Achievements: Silver in Atlanta Expectations: Silver medal Abdel-Moneim Salah Weight: 90kg Best Achievements: Gold medal in All-Africa Games, Abuja, gold medal in World Championships, Malaysia 2003, bronze in Atlanta Expectations: Gold medal Mohamed Abdel-Hakem Weight: 100kg Best Achievements: First appearance Expectations: Silver medal WOMEN'S WEIGHTLIFTING Gihan Ghareib Weight: 44kg Best Achievements: Gold medal in World Championships, Malaysia 2003 Expectations: Gold medal Abeer Ibrahim Weight: 52kg Best Achievements: Bronze medal Expectations: Bronze medal Fatma Omar Weight: 56 kg Best Achievements: Gold medal in World Championships, Malaysia 2003 and gold medal in All-Africa Games, Abuja Expectations: Gold medal Amani Ibrahim Weight: 60kg Best Achievements: First appearance Expectations: Silver medal Heba Saeed Weight: 67kg Best Achievements: Gold medal in World Championships, Malaysia 2003 and gold in All-Africa Games, Abuja Expectations: Gold medal Hend Abdel-Ati Weight: 82.5kg Best Achievements: Silver in World Championships, Malaysia 2003 Expectations: Silver medal Faten Hegazi Weight: Over 82.5kg Best Achievements: Gold in World Championships, Malaysia 2003 Expectations: Gold medal TRACK AND FIELD Hani Sayed Best Achievements: Silver in Sydney 2000, gold in World Championship in France, two silver in Atlanta in shotput and discus, gold in Barcelona in shotput Expectations: Two silver in shotput and discus Mahmoud Ramadan Best Achievements: World And Paralympic record holder in Sydney 2000 in shotput and javelin Expectations: Gold in javelin and shotput Ibrahim Ramadan Best Achievements: Gold in Sydney 2000, silver in World Championship and gold medal in All-Africa Games, Abuja Expectations: Gold in shotput Hossameddin Mohamed Best Achievements: Bronze in discus in Sydney 2000 and Atlanta 1996 Expectations: Bronze in discus and shotput Karima Zaki Best Achievements: Bronze in Sydney 2000, gold in World Championship 2004 France, and gold in discus in Atlanta 1996 Expectations: Gold in discus Shaimaa Sami Best Achievements: Gold medallists in All-Africa Games, Abuja Expectations: Gold in discus Aziza El-Sayed Best Achievements: Bronze in javelin, World Championships, France Expectations: Bronze in javelin Mustafa Mahmoud Best Achievements: World record holder and gold medallist in World Championships, France Expectations: Gold in shotput and discus El-Sayed Moussa Best Achievements: Bronze in Sydney 2000 Expectations: Bronze in javelin Motawa Abdel-Baqi Best Achievements: Bronze in Sydney 2000, gold in All-Africa Games, Abuja, and World Championships Expectations: Silver in discus and shotput Mohamed El-Sayed Best Achievements: Bronze medal in All-Africa Games, Abuja Expectations: Bronze in discus Hussein El-Sayed Best Achievements: Silver medal in Sydney 2000 Expectations: Silver medal in javelin Mohamed Rushdi Best Achievements: Silver medal in All-Africa Games, Abuja Expectations: Silver in shotput Mahmoud Mahmoud Best Achievements: Silver medal in All-Africa Games, Abuja Expectations: Silver in discus MEN'S SITTING VOLLEYBALL Competitors: 12 The team took fourth place in Sydney 2000 in its debut appearance. Participants are Tarek Hassan, Ashraf Zaghloul, Hesham Salah, Abdel-Nabi Hosni, Abdel-Aal Mohamed, Hossam Masoud, Tamer Wegan, Yasser Mahmoud, Salah Attallah, Rezk Salama, Mohamed Emara, and Mohamed El-Hennawi TABLE TENNIS This is Egypt's first appearance in the sport. Participants are Ali Nasr, Sami Eid and Farag Fouad. The players will participate in both single and doubles events.
