HAVANA (AP) — The Florida Strait has stubbornly resisted Diana Nyad’s repeated attempts to conquer it.
But the Florida-raised endurance athlete is back in the water again for her fourth try to become the first to swim from Cuba to Florida without a protective shark cage.
She expects to take about 80 hours to arrive somewhere between Key West and Marathon, more than 110 miles (177 kilometers) from Havana.
The 64-year-old Nyad tried three times in 2011 and 2012. Her last attempt was cut short amid boat trouble, storms, unfavorable currents and toxic stings from box jellyfish.