Terminally ill Tom (31) at the center of the running competition: ‘This is my day’ | Inland

Tom van Beusekom and his wife Paula accept their fate. De Achterhoeker was told on May 12 that he is no longer getting better. “But I didn’t get caught up in that.”

Robert Hoetink

Bredevoort – He’s having a good day. The terminally ill athlete Tom van Beusekom (31) enjoys the running race in the outskirts of Aalten to the fullest. A competition he organized himself. At the starting gun, the Achterhoeker is surrounded by the people who love him. And that feels like a warm bath. “This is my little world and this is my day.”