US swimmer Diana Nyad

GlobalPost

US swimmer Diana Nyad prepares her swimsuit at Ernest Hemingway Nautical Club, on August 7, 2011, in Havana. Nyad plans to swim from Havana to Florida in a three-day non-stop journey.  

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