From cancer recovery to Olympic Champion - On The Podium, BBC World Service

Maarten van der Weijden overcame leukaemia before becoming an Olympic champion. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM Just a few years after recovering from cancer, Maarten started a strict training regime and won open-water swimming gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Now he raises millions of euros for cancer charities. Listen to more from Maarten here: https://bbc.in/35Kt9HJ Watch more videos from On the Podium here:    • On the Podium   Thumbnail image credit: Getty Images ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Twitter 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Facebook 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService