Voula Patoulidou: 'I feel like an old soul after my husband's death'

Olympic gold medalist Voula Patoulidou spoke about the loss of her husband, Dimitris Zarzavatsidis, who passed away on July 29 after a battle with cancer.

In an interview on the show 'Happy Day,' Voula Patoulidou described their relationship, saying that Dimitris Zarzavatsidis was a 'burning candle' for her for 42 years.

'I feel like an old soul after my husband's death... Dimitris, for 42 years, was a burning candle for me. He was a good companion,' she stated.

Voula Patoulidou also referred to the difficult moments of diagnosis and treatment, as well as the last months together, noting that 'they got to know each other and loved each other again.'

She explained that for the last 20 years she had been living with anxiety about his health, as her husband had escaped death three times.