• Diana Nyad receives medical treatment after completing a 111-mile swim from Cuba to Key West, Florida, on September 2, 2013. Nyad, 64, is the first swimmer to cross the Florida Straits without the security of a shark cage. The swim took Nyad 52 hours and 54 minutes, according to a support team member. AFP PHOTO / Florida Keys News Bureau / Andy NEWMAN == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: "AFP PHOTO / FLORIDA KEYS NEWS BUREAU / Andy NEWMAN"/ NO SALES / NO MARKETING / NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS == *** Local Caption *** 857776-01-08.jpg
    Diana Nyad receives medical treatment after completing a 111-mile swim from Cuba to Key West, Florida, on September 2, 2013. Nyad, 64, is the first swimmer to cross the Florida Straits without the security of a shark cage. The swim took Nyad 52 hours and 54 minutes, according to a support team member. AFP PHOTO / Florida Keys News Bureau / Andy NEWMAN == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: "AFP PHOTO / FLORIDA KEYS NEWS BUREAU / Andy NEWMAN"/ NO SALES / NO MARKETING / NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS == *** Local Caption *** 857776-01-08.jpg
  • Looking dazed and sunburned, US endurance swimmer Diana Nyad walked ashore yesterday, becoming the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage. J Pat Carter / AP Photo
    Looking dazed and sunburned, US endurance swimmer Diana Nyad walked ashore yesterday, becoming the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage. J Pat Carter / AP Photo
  • Ms Nyad, 64, swam up to the beach just before 2pm EDT (9pm UAE), about 53 hours after starting her journey from Havana on Saturday. J Pat Carter / AP Photo
    Ms Nyad, 64, swam up to the beach just before 2pm EDT (9pm UAE), about 53 hours after starting her journey from Havana on Saturday. J Pat Carter / AP Photo
  • It was Ms Nyad’s fifth attempt and what she had said would be her last try to complete the approximately 180-kilometre swim. She tried three times in 2011 and 2012. Her first attempt was in 1978. Florida Keys Bureau, Andy Newman / AP Photo
    It was Ms Nyad’s fifth attempt and what she had said would be her last try to complete the approximately 180-kilometre swim. She tried three times in 2011 and 2012. Her first attempt was in 1978. Florida Keys Bureau, Andy Newman / AP Photo
  • “I have three messages. One is, we should never, ever give up. Two is, you’re never too old to chase your dream. Three is, it looks like a solitary sport, but it is a team,â€� she said on the beach. Andrew Innerarity / Reuters
    “I have three messages. One is, we should never, ever give up. Two is, you’re never too old to chase your dream. Three is, it looks like a solitary sport, but it is a team,� she said on the beach. Andrew Innerarity / Reuters
  • Ms Nyad’s previous try was cut short amid boat trouble, storms, unfavourable currents and jellyfish stings that left her face puffy and swollen. This time, she wore a full bodysuit, gloves, boots and a mask at night, when jellyfish rise to the surface. ???
    Ms Nyad’s previous try was cut short amid boat trouble, storms, unfavourable currents and jellyfish stings that left her face puffy and swollen. This time, she wore a full bodysuit, gloves, boots and a mask at night, when jellyfish rise to the surface. ???

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In pictures: Diana Nyad's epic swim from Cuba to US

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