Trilogy of Freedom, Ep. 2 - Alessia Polita: “Good at defending myself”
Sincere and combative, Alessia Polita lost the use of her legs in 2013 following an accident during CIV trials in Misano: life changed suddenly for the rider from Jesi. What has changed in the last 12 years and what is her concept of freedom?
Trilogy of Freedom - Alessia Polita: “Good at defending myself”
The last corner at Misano: it is the second left before the starting straight, after a series of increasingly slower right turns. It is a race, the 2013 Stock 600, that Alessia perhaps no longer feels like competing in. During the second official practice session, something goes wrong and Alessia crashes. She realizes almost immediately that she has lost the use of her legs, and a new phase of her life begins. Twelve years after that accident, we interviewed Alessia to ask her what freedom means to her, to understand together with her what has changed in her life, and to hear her story