For more information, please follow us on http://www.twitter.com/IPCAthletics or http://www.Facebook.com/IPCAthletics or visit the event website at http://www.IPCAthleticsWorlds.org. The official hashtag for the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships Lyon<br /><br />Gold: Birgit Kober, Germany<br />Silver: Marjaana Heikkinen, Finland<br />Bronze: Marie Braemer-Skowronek<br /><br />Aishah Salem Bani Khaled, United Arab Emorates, Birgit Kober, Germany, Veronika Doronina, Russian Federation, Brydee Moore, Australia, Marjaana Heikkinen, Finland, Lucyna Kornobys, Poland, Louadjeda Benoumessad, Algeria, Frances Herrmann, Germany, Zandile<br /><br />For more videos about #Lyon2013 check out this playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6CBAXPeBajlp5FcxM9_HxwoOEvlggYG- <br /><br />Lyon, France hosted the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships between 19-28 July.<br /><br />More than 1,100 athletes from 98 countries attended the event which was the first major gathering of international track and field stars following the hugely successful London 2012 Paralympic Games.<br /><br />The majority of medal winners from London competed in Lyon as they started their preparations for the next Paralympic Games in Rio in 2016.<br /><br />The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement, and also acts as the International Federation for nine sports, including athletics.<br /><br />The sport is governed by the IPC and co-ordinated by the IPC Athletics Sports Technical Committee, offering a wide range of competitions and events for male and female athletes in all impairment groups.<br /><br />For further information, please visit http://www.paralympic.org/athletics, http://www.twitter.com/IPCAthletics, http://www.facebook.com/IPCAthletics or http://www.ParalympicSport.TV.
