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Sportshour: From Beating Leukaemia to Olympic Gold

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From Beating Leukaemia to Olympic Gold

13/08/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - Sportshour, From Beating Leukaemia to Olympic Gold

Maarten van der Weijden recalls his battle back from leukaemia to win Olympic gold.

Maarten van der Weijden tells us his journey of battling back from leukaemia to claim Olympic gold in the 10 km open water competition at the 2008 Beijing Games.

On Your Bike
At London 2012 Team GB dominated the track cycling winning seven golds. Four years on and some of the big stars like Sir Chris Hoy are no longer involved. But in this highly technical - and hi-tech - sport, what comes first… the talent of the rider or the engineering of the bike? We’ve been given exclusive access to a factory in Oxfordshire where some of the key components for Team GB's bikes are produced.

Olympics: London Legacy?
In August 2012 London was hosting the Olympics. The English capital won the Games on a promise of regenerating one of the most deprived parts of the UK, but four years on only a tiny fraction of the jobs promised have materialised. So is the legacy of the London Games as strong as many think?

The Men in Black
The English Premier League season is set to begin with plenty of focus on the new managers and star signings, but the brightest spotlight, as always, will be on the men in black; The referees. It's unusual to hear from Premier League officials, they aren't allowed to speak to the press after matches much to the frustration of the media and fans alike. However Jon Moss and Martin Atkinson have been speaking to Sportshour's Caroline Rigby about how they deal with the pressures of being a Premier League referee.

Pogba: Record Breaker
Manchester United this week broke the transfer record this week in bringing back Paul Pogba from Juventus for $115 million. So how does his record breaking transfer compare to some of the other notable landmark transfer in the history of football?  We go all the way back to 1905 with Professor Matthew Taylor from the International Centre for Sports History and Culture at De Montfort University and the first £1000 transfer.

Photo credit: Maarten van der Weijden wins men's 10 km marathon swimming event at 2008 Beijing Games (Getty)

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