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World Service,5 mins

Euthanasia would be a feeling of rest

Today In Rio

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Marieke Vervoort, who won a silver medal at the Rio 2016 Paralympics, says she signed euthanasia papers in 2008 because of the relentless pain of living with an incurable and degenerative spinal condition; however, she has no plans to go ahead with the action yet. Vervoot began by telling the BBC's Mani Djazmi of the day to day struggled she has to contend with. Picture: Marieke Vervoort. Credit: Getty Images.

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