Sixty-one-year-old American swimmer Diana Nyad plunged into the Straits of Florida at dusk on Sunday to begin what she hopes will be a world record 103-mile swim from Cuba to Florida.
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Diana Nyad is taking back her statement that she'll never try to swim from Cuba to Florida again, announcing today that she's diving back into the ocean for another attempt at the 103-mile swim. Nyad ended her quest last month after complaining of ...
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Older athletes push the limits
US swimmer Diana Nyad, 61, set out to swim from Cuba to Florida on Aug. 7,… (Enrique de la Osa, Reuters) For the last 20 years, Bob Unger has cycled or run religiously three or four times a week. As a gift to himself for his 65th birthday in November, ...
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Swimmers beware: Jellyfish are stinging along the coast
It was a Portuguese Man o' War that ended Diana Nyad's attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida. Lifeguards say they haven't really seen that type on our area beaches. "Right now we have the moon jellyfish,” one said. “We had people get stung yesterday so ...
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