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 />Gold: Devendra<br /><br />Silver: Abdolrasoul Mirshekari<br /><br />Bronze: Mahmoud Ismail<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.<br /><br /><br /><br />The majority of medal winners from London competed in Lyon as they<br />started their preparations for the next Paralympic Games in Rio in<br />2016. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is the global<br />governing body of the Paralympic Movement, and also acts as the<br />International Federation for nine sports, including athletics.<br /><br /><br /><br />The sport is governed by the IPC and co-ordinated by the IPC Athletics<br />Sports Technical Committee, offering a wide range of competitions and<br />events for male 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 />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.
