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US swimmer breaks record with Cuba to Florida swim without shark cage

Diana Nyad has become the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage.

US swimmer breaks record with Cuba to Florida swim without shark cage

Mon, 02 Sep, 2013 - 21:16

Diana Nyad has become the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage.

The 64-year-old stepped ashore in Key West, Florida, about 53 hours after she began her swim in Havana.

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