Watch LIVE: 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships Lyon

  • 7 years ago
Lyon, France will host the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships between 19-28 July. Around 1,300 athletes from 90 countries are expected to attend the event which will be the first major gathering of international track and field stars following the hugely successful London 2012 Paralympic Games. The majority of medal winners from London will be competing in Lyon as they start their preparations for the next
Paralympic Games in Rio in 2016. Lyon's Stadium of Parilly, which is
located in 178 hectares of spectacular parkland to the south east of
the city, will host the Championships. Ahead of the event organizers
plan to build temporary stands to increase capacity for spectators at
the venue and are looking at hosting the marathon on a 7km loop road
within the surroundings of Parc Parilly. The International Paralympic
Committee (IPC) is committed to enabling Paralympic athletes to achieve
sporting excellence and to develop sport opportunities for all persons
with a disability from the beginner to elite level. In addition, the
IPC aims to promote the Paralympic values, which include courage,
determination, inspiration and equality. For further information,
please visit http://www.paralympic.org. To watch videos on demand from
Paralympic Games and to subscribe to ParalympicSport.TV, please go to
www.youtube.com/ParalympicSportTV. Also, you may follow the Paralympic
Movement on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ParalympicGames or on
Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/paralympic.

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