Former Formula 1 driver became three-time Paralympic champion
Italian athlete Alessandro Zanardi, a former Formula 1 and CART racer, became a three-time Paralympic champion. On September 14, he won gold in the 20km handbike race at the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. According to the BBC, Zanardi's victory came on the 15th anniversary of the accident, after which both of his legs were amputated. “Usually I don’t thank God for things like this because he seems to have better things to do, but today I had to look up and thank him,” Zanardi said.