Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Netflix’s new film Nyad tells the harrowing story of marathon swimmer Diana Nyad, 74, who tried—and failed—to swim from Cuba to ...

The biopic chronicles the life of long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad, who swam from Cuba to Miami at the age of 64. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Nyad director Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. It was a feat of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Swimming legend Diana Nyad, who made a record-setting solo swim to Cuba in 2013 when she was 64, said she'd been dreaming of ...

Before the salt water had even evaporated from superhuman Diana Nyad’s magical swim cap, other people in the long distance swimming community were all lined up with their suspiciously sour grapes-y ...

A day after completing her historic Cuba-to-Florida swim, endurance swimmer Diana Nyad said making the journey was the fulfillment of a "big dream." "All my life, I don't know where it came from, I ...

HAVANA (AP) – American Diana Nyad endured several jellyfish stings as the 62-year-old endurance athlete sought to become the first person to swim unaided from Cuba to Florida without a wetsuit or a ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The brand-new film Nyad, streaming now on Netflix, stars Annette Bening as swimmer Diana Nyad. It follows ...

Long-distance swimming in open water presents challenges beyond the physical grind. Think sharks. And venomous jellyfish. Those are just two of the potentially fatal problems Diana Nyad must contend ...

Diana Nyad (C) manages a smile for a young admirer while receiving medical treatment following a 111-mile swim from Cuba to Key West, Florida, on September 2, 2013. Nyad, 64, is the first swimmer to ...

Diana Nyad's 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida has generated positive publicity and adoration for the 64-year-old endurance athlete — along with skepticism from some members of the small community of ...

MIAMI -- Addressing her skeptics, Diana Nyad claimed the right to set the ground rules for future swims from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage. Speculation that she had gotten into or held onto a ...