Category: Open Water
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Sport Science – Diana Nyad’s Cuba-to-Florida Swim
ESPN Sport Science’s John Brenkus examines the extreme endurance it took for Diana Nyad to swim 110 miles from Havana, Cuba to Key West, Fl in 53 hours.
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Nyad Says Record-Setting Swim Was to be ‘Fully Engaged’ in Life
Diana Nyad has made history as the first person to swim the 110-mile Florida Strait. This was Nyad’s fifth attempt at the feat, and it took her 53 hours to complete. “I wanted this swim, this endeavor not to just be the athletic record,” Nyad, 64, said, “I wanted it to be a lesson for…
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David Letterman – Top Ten Thoughts Going Through Diana Nyad’s Mind Swimming From Cuba to Florida
“Top Ten Thoughts Going Through Diana Nyad’s Mind While Swimming From Cuba To Florida http://youtu.be/K21MiUKkuOw
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Danish triathlon European champion Camilla Pedersen in coma after bike crash
Read Jyllands-Posten (in Danish) Triathlete Camilla Pedersen is admitted to the intensive care unit at Odense University Hospital. The Danish European champion has sustained a fractured skull and critical bleeding around the brain as a result of a crash while bike training on Tuesday night. “Latest development is that Camilla will be kept in artificial…
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Danish woman to do 30 Ironman events in 30 days
Read Jyllands-Posten Vejle teacher wants to be the first woman to complete gruelling ultra-sport feat. Thea Storm Henriksen says that she has more energy than most people. “I am not much for sitting still,†she told DR Nyheder And she won’t. Here is Thea Storm Henriksen after having participated in the world’s hardest adventure race, the…
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Obama Congratulates Diana Nyad On Historic Swim
Read The Huffington Post (and see Twitter) President Barack Obama tweeted his congratulations to Diana Nyad, who on Saturday became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage. Congratulations to @DianaNyad. Never give up on your dreams. — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) September 2, 2013
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Diana Nyad: I never knew I would suffer the way I did
CNN’s Sanjay Gupta talks with 64-year-old Diana Nyad about her record-breaking swim from Cuba to Florida. pic w/ @diananyad a few hrs after 53 hr swim. her mouth is swollen from device she wore to protect against jellyfish pic.twitter.com/BA0cZFmXFI — Dr. Sanjay Gupta (@drsanjaygupta) September 3, 2013
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Diana Nyad Arrives in Key West After 111-Mile Swim From Cuba
“Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad walked weakly ashore on Key West’s Smathers Beach about 1:30 p.m. Monday, becoming the first person to swim across the Florida Straits from Cuba to the Florida Keys without a shark cage.”