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Thousands at Funeral for Italian Auto Champ and Paralympic Gold Medalist Alex Zanardi
- Thousands attended the funeral of Alex Zanardi, the Italian auto racing champion and Paralympic gold medalist, held at a basilica in Padua with his family and teammates present.
- Alex Zanardi was seriously injured in a 2020 handbike accident in Tuscany, suffering facial and cranial trauma, and was placed in a medically induced coma.
- Zanardi lost both legs nearly 20 years before the accident in an auto racing crash.
- He won two CART championships in 1997 and 1998, competed in Formula One, and earned four gold and two silver medals at the 2012 and 2016 Paralympics.
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Padua – Thousands of people said goodbye to Italy's sports legend Alessandro Zanardi. The former Formula 1 driver and later parasportsman died...
·Berlin, Germany
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More than 2,000 people attended the ceremony for the paralympic athlete and former car driver, who died on Friday
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Thousands at funeral for Italian auto champ and Paralympic gold medalist Alex Zanardi
Thousands of fans have attended the funera for Alex Zanardi after the Italian auto racing champion-turned-Paralympic gold medalist died last week at 59.
·United States
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Leaning Left9Leaning Right2Center8Last UpdatedBias Distribution47% Left
Bias Distribution
- 47% of the sources lean Left
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L 47%
C 42%
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