By Michael Haskins
KEY WEST, Florida (Reuters) - A 64-year-old American long-distance swimmer, Diana Nyad, completed a 35-year-long quest to cross the Florida Straits on Monday, becoming the first person to swim from Cuba without a shark cage.
Nyad came ashore in Key West about 53 hours after she set off from Havana, completing the estimated 110-mile journey to the Florida Keys.
Nyad was making her fifth attempt in 35 years to make the crossing, and set a record for the longest ocean swim without a shark cage or flippers, according to her crew.
(Writing by David Adams)
http://news.yahoo.com/u-swimmer-nyad-more-halfway-cuba-florida-swim-021825559--spt.html
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