Olympic Open Water Swimmer Wins Again

On March 12th 2001, Netherlands swimmer Maarten van der Weijden was diagnosed with leukemia and underwent a successful stem cell transplant.

On May 8th 2008, he won the 25k open water swimming World Championship.

Last night, he won the Olympic 10k Open Water Swim.

Great Link: Lots of open water swim info and training information at 10kswim.com