In addition to the live stream, the official event website will feature live results, a schedule of events, news, interviews and a biography of every athlete taking part.

A record 560 athletes from 37 countries are set to take part in the Championships at Swansea University, which is due to get underway with the Opening Ceremony on Monday (August 18) and last through until August 23.

Online commentary will be provided by Will Downing, who covered last year's World Championships in Lyon,  and Nigel Adderley, part of the IPC's London 2012 commentary team.

"For the most comprehensive coverage of the IPC Athletics European Championships, sports fans should log onto www.swansea2014.com  to watch some fantastic sporting action," said IPC director of media and communications Craig Spence.

"Multiple Paralympic and world champions will be taking part, together with a number of world record holders as they start the road to next year's World Championships and the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

"Swansea 2014 is an event not to be missed."

Stef Reid will be one of the British athletes hoping to secure European gold in Swansea ©AFP/Getty Images



As well as online coverage, British broadcaster Channel 4 will also provide television coverage of the Championships on its More4 channel, fronted by Olympic triple jump gold medallist Jonathan Edwards and Paralympic wheelchair basketball bronze medallist Ade Adepitan.

Home star Aled Davies is among 10 Paralympic and world champions appearing in Swansea as part of the British team that also includes David Weir, Hannah Cockroft, Jonnie Peacock and Stef Reid.

Meanwhile, the likes of Swiss "Silver Bullet" Marcel Hug, the world's fastest female blade runner Marlou van Rhijn of The Netherlands, French sprinter Mandy Francois-Elie and Germany's T44 long jump world record holder Markus Rehm will lead the continental challenge.

Closer to home, Irish Paralympic and world champions Jason Smyth and Michael McKillop will be looking to return across the Irish Sea with European titles in the bag.

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