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Written by Ollie Marriage
Inspirational is the word most often associated with Alessandro Zanardi the first of TG"s Heroes of 2016. In 2001, the ex-F1 driver and two-time CART champion lost his legs in a horrific accident. He now describes it as "the biggest opportunity of my life it became my greatest chance". Since then he has won six Olympic medals, and five World Championship golds. Fifteen years to the day after his crash, he lined up for the start of the handcycle road race at the Rio Paralympics.Ollie Marriage: You"d won gold in the time trial the day before. Were you disappointed to only" win silver that day?Alex Zanardi: No, because quite frankly that was a better way to end my day than 15 years before. It was a better ending, finishing with a silver medal, not in a hospital bed in Berlin. But I have to say I was not in the racing mood that day. All the pressure I had put on myself, the pressure that pushes you and means you forget the pain in your muscles, fell off my shoulders when I won gold the day before.This feature was originally published in issue 290 of Top Gear magazine
Date written: 14 Jan 2017
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Inspirational is the word most often associated with Alessandro Zanardi the first of TG"s Heroes of 2016. In 2001, the ex-F1 driver and two-time CART champion lost his legs in a horrific accident. He now describes it as "the biggest opportunity of my life it became my greatest chance". Since then he has won six Olympic medals, and five World Championship golds. Fifteen years to the day after his crash, he lined up for the start of the handcycle road race at the Rio Paralympics.Ollie Marriage: You"d won gold in the time trial the day before. Were you disappointed to only" win silver that day?Alex Zanardi: No, because quite frankly that was a better way to end my day than 15 years before. It was a better ending, finishing with a silver medal, not in a hospital bed in Berlin. But I have to say I was not in the racing mood that day. All the pressure I had put on myself, the pressure that pushes you and means you forget the pain in your muscles, fell off my shoulders when I won gold the day before.This feature was originally published in issue 290 of Top Gear magazine
Date written: 14 Jan 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 6405
