American Diana Neyad cut of $ 62, until Sunday evening, third the distance between Cuba and Florida in her fourth attempt within 35 years, despite the fatigue and stings of jellyfish many.
After 28 hours in sea water, the U.S. has come a distance of 55 kilometers out of 165 kilometers. They need to about sixty hours to cover the distance in full.
The team said her accompanying on his blog that swim "confident and comfortable."
The president of the support team Marc Solinger to reporters that the weather improved, "and calmed the sea and is without waves at all."
Diana was launched Neyad Saturday at around 19.30 GMT Ptoguet before Asaha in her neck after five hours on that type of jellyfish "Olindias Formosa" very painful but not deadly. And then sought swimming several times in the hands and face, forcing her to swim on her back to keep her head out of the water.
Gianna faced Neyad Sunday with better conditions favorable currents and the disappearance of her jellyfish.
She Neyad before they go off from Marina Hemingway in Havana, "I feel some fear, but I also have the courage, and during the next three days should help me to overcome my fear my courage." She recounted, "When I was in fifth often you go to the sea (in Florida) and ask my mother if someone will be able to cover the distance of one day swimming."
It takes a team of Diana Neyad about fifty people. The accompanying her team aboard five boats with several divers assigned especially to spare no meeting unpleasantly with sharks spread heavily in the Florida Straits. It has also her team of experts in jellyfish.
Previously, Diana Neyad tried without succeed, this distance three times in 1978 and August / August and September 2011.
Has been forced to withdraw American swimming after she spent more than 40 hours in the water and cut 124 kilometers last September.
And carrying Diana Neyad record longest distance cut pool without any help with the 165 km between the Bahamas and Florida in 1979.
On the other hand bear swimming pool record on the island of Manhattan is seven hours and 57 minutes has been recorded at the age of fifty-
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