Premium

The champion who picked a date to die

By Andrew Keh and Lynsey Addario
New York Times·
19 mins to read
The champion who picked a date to die
Marieke Vervoort, a Paralympic athlete who has battled since her teen years with a degenerative muscle disease, calls for a nurse in the middle of the night. Photo / Lynsey Addario, The New York Times

Knowing she had the legal right to die helped Marieke Vervoort live her life. It propelled her to medals at the Paralympics. But she could never get away from the pain.

Andrew Keh and Lynsey Addario spent almost three years reporting on Marieke Vervoort as she and her parents wrestled

Save