US Swimmer Near End of Cuba to Florida Attempt [View all]
Source: Associated Press
With her lips and tongue swollen, U.S. endurance swimmer Diana Nyad edged closer to Florida on Monday in her attempt to become the first person to swim the treacherous waters from Cuba to Key West without a shark cage.
Nyad has made it farther than in any of her previous four tries, and she was about 5 miles (8 kilometers) from Florida on Monday morning, according to her representatives. She was on course to swim about 112 miles (180 kilometers) and expected to arrive in Key West on Monday between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. EDT.
Doctors who are traveling with a team of Nyad supporters said her swollen lips and tongue were causing her speech to be slurred and they were worried about her airways, but they have not intervened, according to a post on Nyad's official website.
Nyad's journey began Saturday morning when she jumped from the seawall of the Hemingway Marina into the warm waters off Havana. She has been swimming the Florida Strait ever since, stopping from time to time for nourishment.
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Good luck Nyad!
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