Rio Paralympics: Wheelchair sprint champ tragically reveals she is considering killing herself after Rio Games

WHEELCHAIR sprint champ Marieke Vervoort says she is considering killing herself after the Rio Paralympics.

The Belgian, 37, won gold and silver over 100 metres and 200m in the T52 category at London 2012 and is tipped for more medal success in Brazil next month.

But Vervoort has an incurable spinal disease which causes her immense pain.

Vervoort said: “I will stop my career after Rio.

“I started thinking about euthanasia. Every day it hurts, some nights I do not sleep and after ten minutes’ sleep I have to train.

“I train very hard even if I have to fight against my ­disease. I hope to finish my career on a podium in Rio.”

Euthanasia is legal in Belgium with the consent of three doctors. Vervoort has already planned her funeral.

She added: “Everybody sees me laugh with my gold medal but no one sees the dark side. I suffer greatly.”