IPC to offer live streaming of Athletics Worlds on YouTube

The International Paralympic Committee has announced it will stream live coverage of the forthcoming 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships through its official channel on video-sharing website YouTube.

Live coverage of the Championships, which will take place in the French city of Lyon from July 19-28, will be shown via the ParalympicSportTV page.

Several broadcasters have announced they will provide live television coverage of the championships, including French public-service broadcaster France Televisions, UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 and Brazilian pay-television broadcaster SporTV.

The IPC said that “several members” of public-service broadcaster consortium the European Broadcasting Union, which holds the rights to the event in Europe, have also expressed their interest in covering the event.