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Paralympics handcycling - spoiler
I'll guess few here know much about handcycling, but many will know the winner:
Alex Zanardi wins Paralympics 2012 handcycling gold
Italian ex-Formula 1 driver Alex Zanardi, who lost both legs following a crash in 2001, has won Paralympic gold.
Competing in the H4 handcycling time trial, the 45-year-old beat Germany's Nobert Mosandl by more than 27 seconds at Brands Hatch.
Zanardi had both legs amputated following a near-fatal Champ Car accident at Germany's Lausitzring.
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It is the third time Zanardi has been on the podium at the Kent circuit, each time in very different circumstances.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/19493510
Italian ex-Formula 1 driver Alex Zanardi, who lost both legs following a crash in 2001, has won Paralympic gold.
Competing in the H4 handcycling time trial, the 45-year-old beat Germany's Nobert Mosandl by more than 27 seconds at Brands Hatch.
Zanardi had both legs amputated following a near-fatal Champ Car accident at Germany's Lausitzring.
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It is the third time Zanardi has been on the podium at the Kent circuit, each time in very different circumstances.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/19493510
Brands Hatch is primarily a motor racing circuit (it hosted a few Grands Prix about 30 years ago), hence Zanardi having been on the podium there before.
