Now that the (@Rio2016) Olympics has officially started, it is time for Egyptians to unite once again to support their fellow athletes on Twitter. Starting August 5, fans from all over the world will take on Twitter to root for their respective participating athletes. From 21-year-old star female swimmer (@FaridaOsman), to professional handball player (@AhmedElahmar), we give you several great Egyptian Olympians participating in Rio 2016 to follow on Twitter:

  1. Ahmed Akram, 19, Swimming
    (@ahmedakram96) is currently training at the University of South Carolina’s swimming team (@GamecockSwim), who Tweeted their excitement regarding Akram’s participation.

Akram is one of five swimmers who will represent Egypt in the 2016 Olympics after securing the fourth position in the 1500-meter final at the 16th FINA World Championships 2015 in Kazan, Russia. After a superb NCAA Championship the University of South Carolina, he has now set his sights firmly on the Olympic gold at Rio 2016.

  1. Ahmed El-Ahmar, 32, Handball

@AhmedElahmar, Egyptian handball phenomenon, currently plays for Zamalek Club (@ZSCOfficial). The current Egyptian national team captain has won several African championships as well as the Germany Cup in 2015.

El-Ahmar has also won many trophies with Egypt and has participated in the World Cup six times. He took part in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, and is set to play in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Out of his many individual titles, he was the top scorer in the 2010 Club World Cup.

  1. Farida Osman, 21, Swimming

@FaridaOsman, is headed to her second Olympics this month. For three years, she has been training at Berkeley  (@CalAthletics), knowing for a year that she qualified for the Olympics in the 50-meter freestyle and 100 butterfly at Rio 2016.

Osman is the only female swimmer competing for Egypt, and The San Francisco Chronicle (@SFChronicle) Tweeted a profile they wrote on the young swimmer, highlight her as a role model for Egyptian females.

  1. Marwan El Kamash, 22, Swimming

(@MarwanKamash) currently trains at Indiana University (@OurIndiana), after transferring from the University of South Carolina. Most recently, in February, El Kamash won the gold medal in the 400m free at the 2016 South African Swimming Grand Prix.

El Kamash earned his Olympic cut for Egypt this year in the 200 free (1:47.73) and 400 free (3:48.51).  He previously clocked the 200 free at the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series in Charlotte, and then turned in the 400 free at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan.

Those are several of your Egyptian athletes competing at the #Olympics2016. Twitter users will have the benefit of following them in real-time by following their accounts and the official olympic account (@Rio2016) as well as the related Hashtags #Rio2016, #Olympics, #Olympics2016 and #egyptolympics.