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Alex Zanardi: His son gives hope – and has bad news

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Zanardi’s son gives hope – and has bad news

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Award-winning documentary about the life of Alex Zanardi

Alex Zanardi has lost his legs, but not his fighter’s heart. The documentary “No Limits” accompanies the former Formula 1 driver on his mission: the famous 24-hour race in Spa.

Alessandro Zanardi is in a special rehabilitation facility after his serious accident. His son believes that he will escape death. However, the leg amputee will probably have to live with a serious limitation.

Dhe former Formula 1 driver Alessandro Zanardi is no longer in mortal danger, almost five weeks after his handbike accident, according to his son. There are “encouraging signals,” said Niccolò Zanardi, 21, in an interview with the Corriere della Sera. “He’ll make it, I’m sure. He’ll do it again this time, and one day we’ll talk about it. He will speak to me and my (future) children. I am hopeful, as is my mother. ”

Niccolò Zanardi said that his father was not conscious and could lose his eyesight. “What matters is knowing whether he can communicate with us again. We have a long way to go. “

Alessandro Zanardi crashed on June 19, when he collided with his hand bike with a truck

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Alessandro Zanardi, 53, was last transferred from the hospital to a special rehabilitation facility for brain injuries. Previously, the doctors had slowly reduced the anesthetic to the four-time Paralympic winner, who had been in an artificial coma since his accident on June 19 and had undergone three operations because of his head and face injuries.

Zanardi had to be operated on three times

After Zanardi’s third operation on July 6, it was said that his condition remained serious from a neurological point of view, and the prognoses were subdued. “Our specialists are still available to this extraordinary person and their family for the further stages of clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic development,” said Clinic Director Valtere Giovannini.

Zanardi had lost control of his handbike at a competition in Tuscany and collided with a truck. Because the race was not officially registered due to the Corona crisis, cars drove on the street. The Siena public prosecutor is currently investigating the Zanardis handbike and the course of the accident.

Zanardi had lost both legs in an accident at the Lausitzring in 2001. At the time, the doctors described his survival as a miracle. He struggled back into competitive sports. Zanardi also competed in DTM races and won four gold medals at the Paralympics. In his home country of Italy, people take a large part in Zanardi’s fateful path. The Pope also sent wishes for recovery.

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