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Belgian Paralympian chooses to end own life after battle with incurable spinal disease
Belgian Paralympian Marieke Vervoort died by euthanasia on Tuesday aged 40 after a battle with an incurable and degenerative spinal condition which she described after winning her medals as becoming harder and harder to bear.
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Canada's medal count continues to soar at para swimming championships
Canada’s medal count at the world para swimming championships stands at 12 after James Leroux and Aurélie Rivard swam to medals at the biennial event being held in London, England on Saturday.
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Canada's Tess Routliffe snags bronze at para swimming worlds
Canada's Tess Routliffe earned a personal best and a spot on the podium at the world para swimming championships. The 20-year-old swimmer grabbed bronze in the 200-metre individual medley on Friday with a time of two minutes, 58.06 seconds.
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Van Wyck-Smart leads Canadian medal haul at para swimming worlds
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Canada's Nicolas-Guy Turbide captures 1st world para swimming medal
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Canada's Aurélie Rivard kicks off para swimming championships with gold
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Parapan Am Games: Canada's men's wheelchair basketball team earns Paralympic berth
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Parapan Am Games: Canada's women's wheelchair basketball team punches ticket to Tokyo
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Parapan Am Games Women's Wheelchair Basketball Semifinal: CAN vs. BRA
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Parapan Am Games: Canada's men's wheelchair basketball team on verge of Paralympic berth
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Parapan Am Games: Canada falls just short of defending wheelchair rugby title
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Parapan Am Wrap: Canada falls to U.S. in wheelchair rugby gold medal game
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Parapan Am Games - Day 5 - Athletics
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Parapan Am Games - Day 5 - Swimming
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Parapan Am Games: Women's Wheelchair Basketball - Canada vs Mexico
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Parapan Am Games: Nicholas Bennett wins gold in 100-metre breaststroke
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Q&A: Paralympics boss says Games can be a force for inclusion in divisive times
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Guillaume Ouellet claims Parapan Am gold in 5000m
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Canada wins 2 Parapan Am bronze medals in para table tennis
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