62 Year Old Woman Diana Nyad Tries to Swim from Cuba to Florida

Endurance athlete Diana Nyad ended her swimming ultra-marathon from Cuba to Florida on Sunday after medics warned another painful sting from a Portuguese Man o' War could be life threatening, her team members said.

Nyad was very swollen from multiple stings to her face and body, said Vanessa Linsley, who worked on Nyad's team.

'She's p****d. Nobody blames her. There isn't anything that can change this ... there's nothing that has to do with your swimming capabilities. You can't control mother nature,' Miss Linsley said.


The 62-year-old swimmer had completed at least 49 miles of the 103-mile passage of the treacherous Florida Straits.

She soldiered through the stings, at one point cutting eye and mouth holes through a swim cap she wore over her face to prevent future stings.

But by late morning, medics warned toxins from the stings were building up and another sting could be serious, the Associated Press reports.

In a Facebook posting, Nyad's team said she called out to her team from the water, saying medical experts told her not to go another two nights in the water.

According to the post, Nyad told her team: 'But for each of us, isn't life about determining your own finish line?

'This journey has always been about reaching your own other shore no matter what it is, and that dream continues.'

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