Olympic swimmer Maarten van der Weijden swam 196 kilometres in the Netherlands last week (June 22) to raise money for cancer research.<br /><br />Van der Weijden can be seen swimming with crowds cheering him on from either side of the river.<br /><br />To move from river to river, the swimmer was transported via crane like a dolphin.<br /><br />The Dutch swimmer completed the 196km '11 cities tour' on June 24 raising a huge €3.9 million for cancer research.<br /><br />Van der Weijden survived cancer himself at the age of 18 and went on to win a gold at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
