2013 Loterias Caixa Brazilian Athletics Open Championships

The Brazilian National Paralympic Committee will host two days of athletics competition on the eight-lane track at the Icaro de Castro Melo Stadium from 25-27 April in São Paulo. Athletes across all impairment groups will take part, and prize money will be awarded in Euros according to the Brazilian point system.

With more than 11 million inhabitants, São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, as well as the largest city in the southern hemisphere in the Americas.

The city has held numerous large sporting events in the past, including the 2011 World Women’s Handball Championships and the 2006 FIBA Women’s Basketball Championships. Most notably, it will play host to the 2014 FIFA World Cup, while the Olympic and Paralympic Games will travel to Brazil in 2016.

Classification opportunities for athletes with a physical, visual or intellectual impairment will be held from 23-24 April.

For more information please visit the 2013 Loterias Caixa Brazilian Athletics Open Championships event website.