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Marieke Vervoort: Fight to the finish

10.22.2019 - By BBC Radio 5 livePlay

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Following her death, we take a look back at the story of a remarkable sportswoman.

Belgian para-athlete Marieke Vervoort made headlines at the Rio games after revealing she had signed papers to end her life via euthanasia.

In this powerful documentary from 2016, Marieke spoke at length to Eleanor Oldroyd about her life and the decision she made.

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