The Olympics fever isn’t yet over, we still have our Paralympics team to root for starting Thursday, August 30.

The international sporting tradition that began in the 1960s Rome continues this year with the London 2012 Paralympics, the place where athletes from all around the world will compete, win, and inspire.

The opening ceremony for the 2012 Paralympics is set for August 29 in London, and the games will last for 12 days, ending with the extinguishing of the Olympic torch on September 9.

This year, Egypt’s Paralympics team is composed of 40 athletes; 15 competing in power-lifting, six in athletics, 11 in sitting volleyball, and eight in table tennis singles and teams competitions. The mission is also accompanied with a support staff of 15 members and a large base of volunteers to help the athletes settle in and give their best performance.

The good news is, our Paralympics team has done so much better in the 2008 round in Beijing than our Olympics team: They brought home four gold medals, four silvers, and four bronzes.

Hossam Mostafa, the head of the Paralympic mission, said in statements to Al- Masry Al-Youm newspaper that he is hoping the team will go home with 15 medals.

Egypt Today gives you a brief schedule of the events our players will be participating in:

Men’s sitting Volleyball Team:

August 30: Egypt Vs. Morocco at 19:00

August 31: Egypt Vs. Great Britain at 21:00

September 2: Egypt Vs. Russia at 21:00

September 4: Egypt Vs. Germany at 9:00

Power-lifting:

August 30: Taha Abdel Magid, 25, men’s 48 kg at 15:00

August 31: Zeinab Otiefy, 34, women’s 44 kg at 12:00
Sherif Othman, 29, men’s 56 kg at 18:00

September 1: Gehan Abdelaziz, 37, women’s 52 kg at 15:00

September 2: Fatma Omar, 38, women’s 56 kg at 12:00
Shaaban Ibrahim, 36, men’s 67.50 kg at 15:00
Amal Mahmoud, 33, women’s 60 kg at 18:00

September 3: Amany Ali, 36, women’s 75 kg at 15:00

September 4: Metwaly Mathana, 37, men’s 82.50 kg at 12:00
Randa Mahmoud, 25, women’s 82.50 kg at 15:00
Hany AbdelHady, 32, men’s 90 kg at 18:00

September 5: Mohamed Sabet, 36, men’s 100+ kg at 18:00
Heba Ahmed, 31, women’s 82.50+ kg at 15:00

Athletics:

August 31: Mostafa Fathalla Mohamed, 25, men’s 200 meters at 11:30
Metawa Abouelkhir, 35, men’s discus throw F57/58 at 19:00
Raed Salem, 30, men’s discus throw F57/58 at 19:02

September 5: Ibrahim Ibrahim, 38, men’s discus throw F54/55/56 at 10:08
Ibrahim Ahmed Abdel Wareth, 23, men’s shot put at 11:10

September 7: Ibrahim Ahmed Abdel Wareth, 23, men’s discus throw at 19:20
Mohamed Mohamed Ramadan, 27, men’s discus throw at 19:20

September 8: Mostafa Fathalla, 25, men’s 100 meters at 10:00
Ibrahim Ibrahim, 38, men’s Javelin throw at 10:12

Table Tennis:

September 5: The first round of men’s table tennis team class 4-5 at 9:00
The first round of women’s table tennis team class 6-10 at 16:30
The first round of men’s table tennis team class 9-10 at 19:00 et