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In 2016, Belgian Paralympian Marieke Vervoort hit the headlines twice. First, for two medal wins in Rio. And second, for revealing that she signed papers to allow doctors to end her life.

At 21, the wheelchair racer was diagnosed with a degenerative, incurable spinal condition. The disease left her in so much pain that she woke up her neighbours by screaming at night.

Euthanasia has been legal in Belgium since 2002. At the age of 37, Marieke decided to plan her own death. Or as she put it to Eleanor Oldroyd when they met in December: "to live life on my own terms."

Join Eleanor as she visits Marieke in Brussels for a second time to find out what she has been up, how her health and outlook has changed and what happened when Marieke discussed euthanasia with journalist and wheelchair user, Mik Scarlet.