Italian 'ironman' Roberto
'Massiccione' Zanda is to have his feet and right hand amputated
after suffering frostbite in the Yukon Arctic Ultra race in
Canada and Alaska last month.
Aosta-based specialists have been unable to save his limbs,
which were subjected to -50 C temperatures for 17 hours in the
400km ultramarathon, medical sources said Friday.
"The operation will be long and delicate," said Zanda's
partner Giovanna Caria, adding that "Roberto is calm".
Zanda said: "I can't wait for the operation, I'll keep
fighting as I've always done, I'll do so with bionic limbs too".
A Turin-based prosthetics firm, Officina Ortopedica Maria
Adelaide, on Friday offered to supply Cagliari-born Zanda with
the artificial limbs.
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