Zanardi completes first Triathlon
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Of 2,246 starters, less than a dozen had physical handicaps.
Alessandro Zanardi has mastered another big challenge: On Saturday, the BMW works driver successfully contested his first long-distance triathlon in Hawaii.
The 47-year-old Italian completed the overall distance of 226.255 kilometres in a time of 9:47:14 hours. He was 247th overall among the 2,187 athletes to reach the finish. In doing so, he achieved his target to not only finish, but to finish well. The triathlon consisted of a 3.86 kilometre swim in the open ocean, a cycling section of 180.2 kilometres and a final running part of a full marathon distance of 42.195 kilometres.
A total of 2,246 starters tackled this endurance test on the Hawaiian Island Big Island. Among them were not even a dozen athletes with physical handicaps. Zanardi, who had both his legs amputated, had to complete the whole distance solely by the power of his arms. He tackled the cycling section with his handbike, while for the running section he used an Olympic wheelchair. In his age group M45-49 (men between 45 and 49-years-old) he finished 19th out of 247.
Amazing!
Of 2,246 starters, less than a dozen had physical handicaps.
Alessandro Zanardi has mastered another big challenge: On Saturday, the BMW works driver successfully contested his first long-distance triathlon in Hawaii.
The 47-year-old Italian completed the overall distance of 226.255 kilometres in a time of 9:47:14 hours. He was 247th overall among the 2,187 athletes to reach the finish. In doing so, he achieved his target to not only finish, but to finish well. The triathlon consisted of a 3.86 kilometre swim in the open ocean, a cycling section of 180.2 kilometres and a final running part of a full marathon distance of 42.195 kilometres.
A total of 2,246 starters tackled this endurance test on the Hawaiian Island Big Island. Among them were not even a dozen athletes with physical handicaps. Zanardi, who had both his legs amputated, had to complete the whole distance solely by the power of his arms. He tackled the cycling section with his handbike, while for the running section he used an Olympic wheelchair. In his age group M45-49 (men between 45 and 49-years-old) he finished 19th out of 247.
Amazing!
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