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 ...

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 ...

Marathon swimmer Diana Nyad poses with the historic marker on Las Olas honoring her on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, at Las Olas Oceanside Park in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Alie Skowronski ...

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 ...

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 ...

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On her fifth try, 64-year-old endurance swimmer Diana Nyad recently became the first human to complete the 110 mile swim from Havana to Key West, without a shark cage for protection. She did it in 53 ...

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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 ...