That was how Vervoort, who wanted to set the record straight following reports that she was planning to kill herself after the Paralympics, wanted it. “Yes, you can!”Vervoort’s race on Saturday was dominated by the chilling possibility that she might be gone for ever in a fortnight. “It is really difficult to get those papers,” Vervoort said. “You have to see different doctors for them to see that you have a progressive disease or a mental disease. “I have a progressive disease,” she said.

Source: The Guardian September 11, 2016 22:21 UTC