KEY WEST, Fla. * Looking dazed and sunburned, U.S. endurance swimmer Diana Nyad walked on to the shore Monday, becoming the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the protection of a shark cage.Kay, Jennifer
The silver screen has been flooded with swimming tales lately. In 2023,Netflixpremiered 'Nyad', featuring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster, who earned Oscar nods for their depiction of Diana Nyad, the gutsy swimmer who, at the age of 60, swam from Cuba to Florida. And let's not...
Similar to the true story chronicled in last year'sNyadstarring Annette Bening as long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad, who swam from Cuba to Florida in 2013, one of the biggest obstacles is finding funding for such swims. In Ederle's case, she entered into a contract with theDaily Newsand th...
(Silence of the Lambs) asBonnie Stoll, Nyad's best friend. The film tells the story of Diana Nyad as she attempts, at the age of sixty, to swim 110 miles from Cuba to Florida with the help of her coach, Bonnie Stoll. The film wasnominated for two Academy Awards and two Golden ...
BEIJING, Sept. 3 (Xinhuanet) -- 64-year-old US endurance swimmer Diana Nyad has just fulfilled her dream to become the first person to swim to Florida from Cuba without a shark cage. Nyad came ashore in Key West about 53 hours after setting off from Havana, completing a journey of abou...
Swimmer, 64, Makes History ; Woman Endures Stings from Jellyfish, Completes 110-Mile Swim from Cuba to FloridaCammy ClarkChristina Veiga
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 ...
At her fifth attempt - 35 years after her first - Nyad accomplished what no other athlete has ever done: she'd swum from Cuba to Florida without the protection of a shark cage. And at the grand old age of 64.In an astonishing odyssey in which she had to contend with the threat of ...
BEIJING, Sept. 3 (Xinhuanet) -- 64-year-old US endurance swimmer Diana Nyad has just fulfilled her dream to become the first person to swim to Florida from Cuba without a shark cage. Nyad came ashore in Key West about 53 hours after setting off from Havana, completing a journey of abou...