American sets off on record 103-mile Cuba to Florida swim
Sixty-one-year-old US swimmer Diana Nyad sets off from Cuba on a 60-hour swim to Florida in shark-infested waters.
With a calm sea before her, 61-year-old American swimmer Diana Nyad plunged into the Straits of Florida at dusk on Sunday to begin what she hopes will be a world record 103-mile swim from Cuba to Florida.