Why must Diana Nyad go down to the sea again, to try to swim from Havana to Key West at the age of 60? We may never know. But she does.
Diana Nyaad is a swimmer from America. She created history.Diana started to swim from Havana, the capital of Cuba(古巴). After 53 hours, she swam to thebeach in Florida. America. She became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a sharkcage(笼)to protect her.I have ...
Nyad's attempt at the Cuba-Florida crossing was to fulfill a lifelong dream that she first tried as a 28-year-old back in 1978, when she swam inside a steel shark cage for about 42 hours before ending the attempt. This attempt was fraught with more than just one sting. Earlier in her...
While on the beach, Nyad's team helped push back the surging crowds, so the long distance swimmer -- as required by official record keepers -- could take the final steps of her journey unassisted, walking into the history books as the first person ever to swim from Cuba to Florida withou...
In2013,DianaNyadbecamethefirstpersontoswimfromCuba(古巴)toFlorida,atage64.DianawasborninNewYorkCitybutmovedtoFloridaafterher(1)graduation(graduate)fromcollege.Shebeganswimmingattheageof10andshowedtalentandloveforthesport.Attheageof28,DianatriedtoswimfromCubatoFloridaforthefirsttime,butitwas(2)unsuccessful(...
In 2013, Diana Nyad became the first person to swim from Cuba (古巴) to Florida(美国佛罗里达州)without the help of a shark cage, at age 64.Diana was born in New York City but moved to Florida after her graduation from college. She began swimming at the age of 10 and showedt 1 and...
Home: diananyad.comBlog: Diana Nyad's blogNews: Diana Nyad completes Cuba swim TED Speaker A record-setting long-distance swimmer, Diana Nyad writes and thinks deeply about motivation. Why you should listen For ten years (1969-1979), Diana Nyad was known as the greatest long-distance swimme...
Lesbian long distance swimmer Diana Nyad attempted to swim from Havana, Cuba to Key West, Florida on August 7, 2011 but failed due to an asthma attack. The U.S. Open tennis championships will start on August 29, 2011. The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) playoffs will run ...
Annette Bening stars as the titular swimmer in the movie, and Jodie Foster plays her longtime friend and training coach Bonnie Stoll. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Here’s how the real Diana Nyad became a marathon swimmer, set her sights on the Cuba-to-Florida route, and why her ...
Diana Nyad was a professional swimmer.She was in her twenties when she decided to swim around Manhattan.The first time she tried,she didn't succeed.But she didn't give up.She tried again and swam the twenty-eight miles in less than eight hours.Then she had another goal:to swim from C...