For more information, please follow us on<br />http://www.twitter.com/IPCAthletics or<br />http://www.Facebook.com/IPCAthletics or visit the event website at<br />http://www.IPCAthleticsWorlds.org.<br /><br /><br /><br />The official hashtag for the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships<br />Lyon is #Lyon2013.<br /><br /><br /><br />Majeed Alshaikh, Bahrain, Jiri Kohout, Czech Republic, Dusan Grezl,<br />Czech Republic, Ahmed Meshaima, Bahrain, El Sayed Abdelmoneim El Saber,<br />Egypt, Union Sekailwe, South Africa, Dmitrijs Silovs, Latvia, Reinhardt<br />Hamman, South Africa, Jayden Sawyer, Australia, Victor del Burgo<br />Colino, Spain, Martin Kukla, Czech Republic, Petr Vratil, Czech Republic<br /><br /><br /><br />For more videos about #Lyon2013 check out this playlist:<br />http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6CBAXPeBajlp5FcxM9_HxwoOEvlggYG-<br /><br /><br /><br />Lyon, France hosted the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships between<br />19-28 July. More than 1,100 athletes from 98 countries attended the<br />event which was the first major gathering of international track and<br />field stars following the hugely successful London 2012 Paralympic<br />Games. The majority of medal winners from London competed in Lyon as<br />they started their preparations for the next Paralympic Games in Rio in<br />2016.<br /><br /><br /><br />The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is the global governing<br />body of the Paralympic Movement, and also acts as the International<br />Federation for nine sports, including athletics. The sport is governed<br />by the IPC and co-ordinated by the IPC Athletics Sports Technical<br />Committee, offering a wide range of competitions and events for male<br />and female athletes in all impairment groups.<br /><br /><br /><br />For further information, please visit<br />http://www.paralympic.org/athletics,<br />http://www.twitter.com/IPCAthletics,<br />http://www.facebook.com/IPCAthletics or http://www.ParalympicSport.TV.<br /><br /><br /><br />The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is committed to enabling<br />Paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and to develop sport<br />opportunities for all persons with a disability from the beginner to<br />elite level. In addition, the IPC aims to promote the Paralympic<br />values, which include courage, determination, inspiration and equality.<br /><br /><br /><br />For further information, please visit http://www.paralympic.org. To<br />watch videos on demand from Paralympic Games and to subscribe to<br />ParalympicSport.TV, please go to www.youtube.com/ParalympicSportTV.<br />Also, you may follow the Paralympic Movement on Facebook at<br />http://www.facebook.com/ParalympicGames or on Twitter at<br />http://www.twitter.com/paralympic.
