Alex Zanardi takes Gold in the Handcycling event.

alexs2

Zanardi wins Paralympic gold | F1 News | Sep 2012 | Crash.Net

BBC Sport - Alex Zanardi wins Paralympics 2012 handcycling gold

What a competitor.

This guy was a multiple CART champion until his awful accident at the Lausitzring,which almost cost his life,in 2001.

He then got himself back behind the wheel of an adapted car and completed the final 13 laps of the race in 2003 at speeds of nearly 200mph,and went on to race in the WTCC.

Now he's a gold medal winner in the Paralympics.

That's worthy of it's own thread for a man who just doesn't give up.

Alex Zanardi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kirki

So happy for him, a great guy by all accounts and top sportsman. At for it to happen in Brands Hatch is just fairy tale stuff.

(photo from Guardian)

                                                                                                                                       

alexs2

It's fitting to take a win on a racing circuit,and I think he's a superb example of someone who's just driven to win,no matter which sport he's competing in,and as you say,comes across as a genuinely good guy.

His book,"Alex Zanardi,My Story",is also worth reading.

Surebrec

this was the only event I cared enough to watch, purely because zanardi was competing, and channel 4 completely overlooked it.