They go to conquer

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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.