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Janine Shepherd: Een gebroken lichaam is nog geen gebroken mens

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Cross-country-skiër Janine Shepherd hoopte op een Olympische medaille, tot ze tijdens een trainingsrit door een bestelwagen werd geraakt. Ze deelt een krachtig verhaal over het menselijk vermogen tot herstel. Haar boodschap: jij bent niet je lichaam. Als je oude dromen opgeeft, kunnen nieuwe dromen opstijgen.

Athlete Janine Shepherd was rendered a partial paraplegic when she was hit by a truck during an Olympic training bike ride. Doctors didn't expect her to recover. But she not only learned to walk again -- she learned to fly. Full bio »

Translated into Dutch by Els De Keyser
Reviewed by Christel Foncke
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