Media Centre - 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships Lyon | International Paralympic Committee

News - Athletics

male marathon wheelchair racer David Weir holding up the British flag and smiling

David Weir relishing return to racing

male Para athlete Petrucio Ferreira raises his finger as he crosses the finish line

World’s best line up in Sao Paulo

A man running on an athletics track

Helping hand for Joeferson Marinho

An aerial view of a stadium with an athletics track

Kobe to host 2021 World Para Athletics Championships

female vision impaired runner Misato Michishita running on the street with a male guide

Misato Michishita targets triple triumph

marathon racer Daniel Romanchuk crosses the finish line to win

Daniel Romanchuk races into history books

female wheelchair racer Manuela Schaer holding up a Swiss flag

Past winners head Boston Marathon field

female wheelchair racer Sandra Graf leading another athlete duringa road race

Boston beckons for Swiss legend Sandra Graf

male wheelchair racer Marcel Hug holding up a Switzerland flag

Marathon Majors: How do things stand?

Group photo of IPC staff posing

IPC staff take on Bonn marathon

landmarks in Tokyo, including the Tokyo Tower and Imperial Palace

Tokyo 2020: Marathon route confirmed

male Para athlete Michael Roeger raises his arms on the podium

Michael Roeger relishing London Marathon

Blind runner makes history at NYC Half Marathon

female Para sprinter Barbara Niewiedzial raises her arms on the podium

Poland to host new Para athletics Grand Prix

three female single amputee sprinters crossing the finish line

Contrafatto confounds Caironi

female Para athlete Rebeca Valenzuela Alvarez throws the shot put

Rebeca Valenzuela ready for Worlds

female Para sprinter Martina Caironi celebrates as she crosses the finish line

Ancona welcomes European champions

female Para athlete Rebeca Valenzuela Alvarez throws the shot put

Valenzuela named Americas ‘Athlete of the Month’

Para Parents: Omara Durand

Female Para athlete Arjola Dedaj standing next to her male partner holding a baby boy

Arjola Dedaj’s family affair

Photos of Lyon 2013