Paralympic champion Alex Zanardi was seriously injured again in a handbike crash on Friday — nearly 20 years after losing both of his legs in a horrific auto racing accident. “It happened on a slightly downhill straightaway just before a slight curve in the road,” national team coach Mario Valentini, who was following the race, told La Repubblica Florence. Racing great Mario Andretti tweeted, “I am so anxious and frightened about Alex Zanardi that I’m holding my breath. The 53-year-old Zanardi lost his legs in a horrific crash during a 2001 CART race in Germany. The crash occurred when Zanardi spun his car after a pit stop and he was hit by another driver.

Source: Fox News June 19, 2020 17:37 UTC