Swimmer edges toward Florida from Cuba
By Carlos Batista in Havana | China Daily | Updated: 2012-08-21 08:05
Diana Nyad swims in the Florida Straits between Cuba and the Florida Keys on Sunday. She is trying to become the first person to swim the straits without a shark cage. Photo By Diana Nyad via the Florida Keys News Bureau / Agence France-Presse |

Veteran US athlete Diana Nyad edged toward Florida on Monday as she fought fatigue and jellyfish stings on her fourth attempt to cross the Florida Straits from Cuba without a shark cage.
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