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Diana Nyad / ˈ n aɪ ˌ æ d / (née Sneed; born August 22, 1949) is an American author, journalist, motivational speaker, and long-distance swimmer. Nyad gained national attention in 1975 when she swam around Manhattan (28 mi or 45 km) in record time, and in 1979 when she swam from Bimini, The Bahamas, to Juno Beach, Florida (102 mi or 164 km).
Team New York Aquatics. Team New York Aquatics (also referred to as TNYA) is a Masters level swim, water polo and diving team based in New York City to foster aquatic sports amongst gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender athletes and their heterosexual allies. [1] TNYA has a membership of over 500 swimmers, divers, and water polo players. [2]
Nyad. (film) Nyad is a 2023 American biographical sports drama film about swimmer Diana Nyad 's multiple attempts in the early 2010s to swim the Straits of Florida, with flashbacks to her early life. It is directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (in their feature narrative film directorial debut) and written by Julia Cox, based on ...
New York will deploy shark-monitoring drones on its beaches following a recent series of reported attacks. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) announced in a release on Friday that the drones will be sent to ...
Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is an American former competitive swimmer and nine-time Olympic champion. He was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, winning seven gold medals, each in world-record time. This achievement set a record that lasted for 36 years, until it was surpassed by fellow American ...
Two swimmers were apparently attacked by sharks off the shores of Long Island on Tuesday, a day after two others reported being attacked while enjoying the water at popular New York beaches. At ...
Bull Shark Bandits airs July 2 at 8 p.m. on National Geographic, July 7 at 10 p.m. on ESPN2 and July 24 at 10 p.m. on Nat Geo Wild.. Shark Eat Shark. Anyone who has ever watched a special set in ...
Romento was attacked and killed while bodyboarding at 9:45 a.m. in shallow, clear water approximately 90 feet (27 m) from shore off Keʻeau Beach Park, Oahu, Hawaii. His right leg was severely bitten in three places by a 10–12-foot (3.0–3.7 m) tiger shark, and he died of blood loss a short time after swimming to shore.