What an inspiring story. Even if you assume the worst case scenario is accurate about why it wasn't certified, the sheer effort and determination has to be admired. #inspiration #nyad #swimming
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Athlete Diana Nyad sets out at 60 to achieve a nearly impossible lifelong dream: to swim from Cuba to Florida across more than 100 miles of open ocean.www.netflix.com
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in reply to Shelenn Ayres • •Her embellishments are beyond that. For example she stated many times she was the first woman to swim around the island of Manhattan. She was not. Worse, in writings of hers back to the mid-1970s she wrote about those who did it before. So it wasn’t she wasn’t aware of it, corrected herself, and never spoke of it again.
At the very end of the movie there is a very touching scene where the real life Bonnie and Diane at some post-swim event. In it Bonnie kind of ribs her about her propensity for embellishment.
Why do some people who accomplish such amazing things feel the need to pump the PR to 11 to the point of bending facts or making things up? I don’t know. It appears she is one of them though.
I still think her accomplishments are amazing and noteworthy. So I’m not going to take that away from her.
https://nyadfactcheck.com/details_manhattan.html
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