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Diana Nyad continues to swim under the majesty of the sky, even if she is facing difficulties at sea level. Fortunately, the number of box jellyfish dramatically fell on the second night of her swim between Cuba and Florida. While the skies above her showered her with streaks of lightening bolts and howls of thunder, […]
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3:43 pm Saturday, August 17 Diana Nyad started in Havana swimming quickly at 3:43 pm local time (ET, New York time) on Saturday afternoon at 57 strokes per minute on the right side of her primary escort boat the Voyager as northeast winds were throwing an oncoming 1-foot chop against her. The water temperature is
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Diana Nyad had three individuals from Miami (Dr. E. Willis Weyers, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Fellow in Anesthesiology and Critical Care), Mike Letter, P.A. University of Miami Sports Medicine and Orthopedics, and Dr. Gabriel Sarah, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Senior Resident in Anesthesiology) on her escort boats.
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Diana Nyad Gets Stung And Stung Again Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Diana Nyad is 20 hours into her swim. Despite four major jellyfish stings, she still manages to stay strong keep in tune to her rhythm with her mental playlist of 65 songs, 5 hours and 15 minutes. Sting 1: A Flower Hat
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The stars are out for the BCT Gdynia Marathon in Poland with US$10,000 on the line for the first-place male and female finishers with a total pool of prizes amounts to US$28,000. Lead by Olympic marathon swimming gold medalist Eva Risztov of Hungary, the women’s field includes 2 Olympic marathon swimmers, FINA 10km Marathon Swimming
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The Longest Swim will certainly live up to its name. Whether it is a stage swim, done in a wetsuit or fins, or done in stages, The Longest Swim is an incredible feat of logistics, endurance, planning and commitment by Ben Lecomte and team. His team consists of Captain Kale Garcia and his wife Angela
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Diana Nyad is planning her fourth attempt of the 103 miles between Havana, Cuba to Key West, Florida today. The start time was moved up 16 hours due to the tranquil conditions that are forecasted over the next 72 hours. Nyad hopes to complete the estimated 60+ hour journey in the Florida Straits by Tuesday,
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South Africa’s Michelle Weber won the 5km World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in convincing fashion on the first day of the inaugural event in Welland, Ontario, Canada yesterday over two young Germans Lena-Sophie Bermel and Patricia-Lucia Wartenberg. The final results of the championships: 1 Michelle WEBER RSA 1:00:05.6 2 Lena-Sophie BERMEL Ger 1:00:08.0 3
On her fourth attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida, Diana Nyad is pulling out the stops. On her support team, there are four jellyfish imaging specialists from the world-renowned Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts. “We have a variety of visible and invisible photographic imaging equipment that can detect jellyfish in the water,” explained
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A live global audience watched South Africa’s Michelle Weber win the inaugural World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships girl’s 5 km in Welland, Ontario, Canada over two young Germans Lena-Sophie Bermel and Patricia-Lucia Wartenberg. Nearly 500 people from 36 countries watched the live streaming service online here. The number of spectators are expected to increase
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