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NORMALLY I DON’T THANK GOD FOR THESE TYPE OF THINGS, AS I BELIEVE GOD HAS MORE IMPORTANT STUFF TO WORRY ABOUT, BUT TODAY IS TOO MUCH. I HAD TO RAISE MY EYES AND THANK HIM.” Former Formula One driver Alex Zanardi, on winning gold in the hand cycling time trial road race in the Rio Paralympic­s on Wednesday, the eve of the 15-year anniversar­y of him losing his legs in a CART race crash.

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