Rio de Janeiro. “Alex Zanardi makes Italy and Emilia Romagna proud once again. He is a great athlete and the epitome of strength and tenacity, that Italy is proud to be associated with”. The President of the Emilia Romagna region, Stefano Bonaccini acknowledges yet another one of the athlete’s endeavours. Zanardi takes home a gold medal for the handcycling race (H5) at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics, the fourth one in his Paralympic career following two other gold medals and two silvers in London four years ago. (9colonne)
