IndyCar Alex Zanardi's devastating crash, 16 years later Page 2

In this Sept. 15, 2001, file photo, Italian driver Alex Zanardi's car breaks up after it crashed with Canadian driver Alex Tagliani during the CART auto race at the Eurospeedway Lausitz in Klettwitz, Germany. (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz, File) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. CNN — Ex-Formula One driver and four-time Paralympic gold medalist Alex Zanardi remains in an artificial coma after suffering severe head injuries in a horrific cycling race crash.

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Para-cyclist and ex-racing driver Alex Zanardi has been discharged from hospital a year and a half after suffering severe head injuries in an accident with a truck while competing in the. The 53-year-old Paralympian suffered head injuries in a crash with a lorry in Pienza on Friday. Zanardi had surgery at a hospital in Siena, where he remains on a ventilator in intensive care.. Former IndyCar driver Alex Zanardi out of hospital 18 months after crash put him in coma Nat Newell Indianapolis Star View Comments 0:00 0:34 Former IndyCar driver Alex Zanardi is out of. Paralympic Hand Cyclist Alex Zanardi Speaks His First Words Since Near-Fatal Crash The four-time gold medalist collided head-on with a truck at a race in June. By Jessica Coulon Updated: Jan 15, 2021

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Police tell The Associated Press that Zanardi was transported by helicopter to a hospital in Siena following a road accident near the Tuscan town of Pienza during a national race for Paralympic athletes on handbikes. The 53-year-old Zanardi had both of his legs amputated following a horrific crash during a 2001 CART race in Germany. Auto racing and Paralympics star Alex Zanardi released from hospital 18 months after crash. Marshall Pruett. RACER. Nearly a year and a half after suffering a traumatic brain injury following a. Updated 3:12 PM PST, June 19, 2020. ROME (AP) — Alex Zanardi, the Italian race car champion who transitioned into a gold medalist Paralympian after losing both of his legs, was seriously injured in a handbike race on Friday. Zanardi was transported by helicopter to Santa Maria alle Scotte hospital in Siena following a crash near the Tuscan. Alex Zanardi, who won Paralympic gold medals after his legendary auto racing career ended with the loss of his legs in a crash, is in a medically induced coma after suffering severe head injuries.

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ROME (AP) — Alex Zanardi, the Italian race car champion who transitioned into a gold medalist Paralympian after losing both of his legs, was seriously injured in a handbike race on Friday. Zanardi was transported by helicopter to Santa Maria alle Scotte hospital in Siena following a crash near the Tuscan town of Pienza during a national race for Paralympic athletes, police told The. IndyCar champion and Paralympic hero Alex Zanardi has finally left hospital 18 months on from the handbike accident that left him with serious head and facial injuries. Author Jamie Klein. Zanardi lost both of his legs in an auto racing crash nearly 20 years ago. He won four gold medals and two silvers at the 2012 and 2016 Paralympics. He also competed in the New York City Marathon. Alex Zanardi was seriously injured in a handbike crash on Friday - nearly 20 years after losing both of his legs in a horrific auto racing accident.. Local TV at the scene of the crash showed.

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Alex Zanardi, the ever-green race-driver-turned-Paralympian, continues his recovery and is finally able to speak to his family once again. The 53-year-old has been recuperating following what. Zanardi, who lost both of his legs in an auto racing crash nearly 20 years ago, had been on a ventilator in a medically induced coma since the crash. He suffered serious facial and cranial trauma.