Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan raunin da ya samu daga hatsarin tserensa na shekara ta 2001, Zanardi ya yanke shawarar komawa wasanni, yana daukar keken hannu. A cikin 2007, ya sami matsayi na 4 a Gasar Marathon ta Birnin New York a cikin rukunin keken hannu, bayan makonni huɗu kawai na horo. Tun daga wannan lokacin ya fara hawan keke da gaske, kuma ya yi gasa a Gasar Para-Cycling Road World a shekarar 2009. Ya bayyana cewa yana da burin zama a cikin tawagar Italiya don wasannin Paralympics na bazara na 2012
Ka yi haƙuri. A shekara ta 2009, ya lashe Marathon na Venice a cikin rukunin nakasassu, yana hawa keken guragu a cikin awa daya, mintuna goma sha uku, da dakika 56, kuma ya lashe Marathon na Birnin Rome a shekara ta 2010, a cikin sa'a daya, mintuna goma sha biyar, da dakika 53. A shekara ta 2011, a ƙoƙarinsa na huɗu, Zanardi ya lashe Marathon na Birnin New York a cikin ajin keken hannu.