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 is #Lyon2013.<br /><br />Amanat Kalkayev, Kazakhstan, Chermen Kobesov, Russian Federation, Dmitrijs Silovs, Latvia, Gocha Khugaev, Russian Federation, Andriy Onufriyenko, Ukraine, Daniel Tataren, Argentina, Jiri Kohout, Czech Republic, Mohamed Farhat Chida, Tunisia, Andrea Dalle <br /><br />For more videos about #Lyon2013 check out this playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6CBAXPeBajlp5FcxM9_HxwoOEvlggYG- <br />Lyon, France hosted the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships between 19-28 July.<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 />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.
