Ironman champion Chrissie Wellington will push Sam Perkins' wheelchair to the finish line
A triathlon champion has said she is honoured to help a man with motor neurone disease take on a marathon.
Ms Wellington said: "To be able to help him achieve it will be one of the most pivotal moments in my life. They will also take it in turns to push a spare ventilator and equipment in a buggy during the marathon.Mr Perkins believes he is the first person reliant on a ventilator to take on the eventwas diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2019He has lost all movement and needs a ventilator to keep him breathing due to the severely degenerative condition, which affects nerves in his brain and spinal chord.
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