The former president of CONI: “He was running the marathon with the handbike: he passes in front of the Aniene at the pre-arranged time and raises his left arm with a closed fist as if to say “I was precise”. Manic in every detail”
Giovanni Malagò had a truly special relationship with Alex Zanardi. Always and not only because he achieved his successes with the colors of the Aniene Club. “You taught us that an obstacle is not the end of the journey, but the beginning of a new challenge. Your strength will forever remain an example for everyone. Your friendship is a great honor,” he wrote on social media.
But to better understand who Alex was, the former CONI president told the Journal an anecdote in which he was the protagonist: “One day he came to Rome to run the marathon on his handbike. As you know, when there is a marathon, a large part of Rome is closed to traffic – explains Malagò -. I meet him on a Saturday afternoon and then he tells me: “We’ll say goodbye tomorrow too, I’ll pass in front of the Aniene”. I ask him more or less what time since I would have had to get there on foot from my house. “I don’t know, give me a few minutes to think about it and I’ll tell you.” he called back: “See you between 9.42 and 9.43, be found outside”. I have a photograph that is there, in the gallery of the “greats” of the Aniene, in which I find myself outside the club cheering him on while he passes in front and raises his left arm with a closed fist as if to say “I was precise”. the handbike. Alex was special, I never heard him cry for a single second.”
