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Reuters reports that the 53-year-old Paralympic was involved in an accident near the town of Pienza, in northern Italy.
A. Zanardi, who was taken to the Siena Hospital in a very serious condition, has already undergone a complicated operation, but so far it is difficult to predict whether the Italian will survive.
A. Zanardi is said to have had an accident while riding a device, which four times became the champion of the Paralympic Games, a bicycle specially adapted for the disabled, which is operated only by hand.
Photo by Scanpix / Alexas Zanardi
According to the Italian news agency ANSA, a prominent national and Paralympic runner was hit by a truck on a high-traffic highway.
A.Zanardi is known in very different sports.
After starting his racing career, the Italian raced in Formula 1 for four seasons and started a total of 41 races.
After a not-so-successful F1 race, Zanardi turned to the CART race in the United States from 1979 to 2003, later renamed IndyCar.
Photo by Scanpix / Alexas Zanardi
The Italian became his champion twice, but a race in 2001 was tragic for him.
Zanardi, who suffered an accident, lost both legs and his condition was critical: the Italian heart stopped up to seven times, only a liter of blood remained in the body, but the athlete who never gave survived and found new activity after almost one decade.
Regarding Paralympic sports, A. Zanardi made his debut at the London Games, where he won two gold and one silver medals. He brought the same dowry four years after the Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games, becoming a true star and symbol of combat in Italy.
“You never gave up and overcame all difficulties with your incredible strength. Come on, Alexai Zanardi, don’t give up. All of Italy is fighting against you ”, the Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte sent him wishes about the famous accident of the athlete.
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