Tag: Diana Nyad
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Diana Nyad speaks at Philadephia GeoFest
Champion distance swimmer Diana Nyad speaks at the Philadephia Geographic Society’s GeoFest celebration, about her swimmer career, her Xtreme Dream and at 14-years-old being raped by her swim coach (!) Watch it. Swimmer Diana Nyad speaks at Philadelphia GeoFest from Matt Sloane on Vimeo.
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Penny Palfrey takes on the Cuba to Florida challenge
If I’m not mistaken, we have a race on our hands, with Diana Nyad continuing to chase her ‘Xtreme dream’ to swim from Cuba to Florida, and now also Penny Palfrey planning to swim from Cuba to Florida in June 2012. Palfrey has the world record for the longest solo unassisted ocean swim without a…
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Nyad hasn’t given up: “I will swim from Cuba to Florida”
Kudos to Diana Nyad: “I can swim from Cuba to Florida, and I will swim from Cuba to Florida,” she said at the TEDMED conference in Coronado, California. Nyad received a standing ovation after her inspirational presentation. Since this is was at a TEDMED conference, I’m sure we’ll have a video soon. While we wait,…
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Nyad, Torres et al push the limits of athletic excellence
Life-affirming post here on The Washington Times: Dara Torres became the oldest female swimmer in Olympic Games history in 2008. The American won three silver medals at age 41. Now she’s training to make the U.S. team competing at the 2012 Games/ Torres will be 45 when the London Olympics begin on July 27, 2012.…
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Diana Nyad will not attempt crossing again
Third time was not the charm for Diana Nyad, attempting to cross the 103 miles from Cuba to Florida. In a frequently emotional news conference in which she removed her shirt to reveal sting marks from toxic jellyfish, Nyad said she initially planned to muscle through the intense pain, but eventually had to give up,…
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Nyad hit another Man o’ War, had to quit
After more than 40 hours of swimming and hitting a second Portuguese Man o’ War, Diana Nyad decided to quit, told by her medical team that she could risk long-term cumulative effect on her body, if she suffered additional likely stings. She had then completed about 67 nautical miles of the 103-nautical-mile passage, and suffered…
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Nyad stung in face by something, switches to “staged swim”
Diana Nyad was yesterday evening stung in the face by some kind of presumed jellyfish, and had to go out of the water for some hours to be treated by doctors. Her face and area the area around her eyes was affected, but she’s back in the water, swim switching to a “staged swim”, meaning…
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Diana Nyad hit a Man o’ War, but battles on
It has been a challenging night and for Diana Nyad, now some 57000 strokes and well into the next day of swimming from Cuba to USA, she hit a Portuguese Man o’ War, suffered from multiple stings and had to tread water for half an hour, rehydrate and change suit. Her stroke pace dropped from…
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Diana Nyad has started her 3rd Cuba-USA attempt
Diana Nyad is back in the water as of 6:05:08 pm Havana time, going for the 200,000 strokes to Key West. See diananyad.com.