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Diana Nyad – Olympic swimmer and KCRW commentator – attempting to swim from Cuba to Florida

Olympic swimmer and KCRW commentator Diana Nyad. At this very moment, she is attempting to swim from Cuba to Florida at the age of 61, without a shark cage. A little bit crazy? Perhaps. Inspirational? You’d better believe it.

https://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/08/08/nyad.swim.103.mile/index.html

Here’s a link to our page on Diana, called Swimming the Dream. https://www.kcrw.com/etc/diananyad

She’s currently on hiatus from her weekly KCRW commentary, called The Score, as she’s been spending all her time training for this incredible feat. https://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ts

 

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Victor Caballero writes about Pasadena civic life, community events, music, energy and technology. Publishing since 2007.

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