Tag: Diana Nyad
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Diana Nyad is back in the water
This is quite inspirational, Diana Nyad reflecting on her failed swim from Florida to Cuba, comparing it to other of life’s big challenges, like a failed marriage or being let off. *Now*Â I’m rooting for her, like for our own Ove Joensen who rowed 900 nautical miles (1700 km) from the Faroe Islands to Copenhagen in…
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CNN recounts Diana Nyad’s journey to swim from Cuba to Florida
A sneak peak of Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s special “Diana Nyad’s Xtreme Dream” on CNN this Saturday night. Via blogs.cnn.com.
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Diana Nyad forced to abandon her big swim
Attempting to become the first person to swim between Cuba and Florida, Diana Nyad was forced to abandon roughly halfway through her journey, struggling with ocean swells, shoulder pain and asthma. Still shell-shocked from Faroese media’s coverage of the World Championships, I’m sure that the gutter press will write “Nyad gives up, only manages to…
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Diana Nyad has started her big swim
Sunday evening August 17th at 19:45.10 ET, 61-year-old Diana Nyad started her 103-mile swim from Cuba to Florida, attempting to set a new long distance world record in ocean swimming without a shark cage. You can follow her progress in near-real-time here on CNN, and read more here on diananyad.com.
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Leonard Lopate interviews Diana Nyad
Legendary swimmer Diana Nyad talks about her sport and her plans, at the age of 61, to swim from Havana to the Florida coast without a shark tank this summer.