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In this Sept. 10, 2016, file photo, Belgium's Marieke Vervoort warms up for the athletics women's 400-meter T52 final, during the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, at the Olympic Stadium, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Paralympian Vervoort said when the day arrived, she had signed the euthanasia papers and was prepared to end her life. The time came Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, in her native Belgium, her death confirmed in a statement from her home city of Diest. Vervoort, 40, won gold and silver medals in 2012 at the London Paralympics in wheelchair racing, and two more medals three years ago in Rio de Janeiro. (AP Photo/Mauro Pimentel, File)
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In this Sept. 10, 2016, file photo, Belgium's Marieke Vervoort warms up for the athletics women's 400-meter T52 final, during the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, at the Olympic Stadium, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Paralympian Vervoort said when the day arrived, she had signed the euthanasia papers and was prepared to end her life. The time came Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, in her native Belgium, her death confirmed in a statement from her home city of Diest. Vervoort, 40, won gold and silver medals in 2012 at the London Paralympics in wheelchair racing, and two more medals three years ago in Rio de Janeiro. (AP Photo/Mauro Pimentel, File)

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