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Diana Nyad: Never, ever give up

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In the pitch-black night, stung by jellyfish, choking on salt water, singing to herself, hallucinating … Diana Nyad just kept on swimming. And that's how she finally achieved her lifetime goal as an athlete: an extreme 100-mile swim from Cuba to Florida -- at age 64. Hear her story.

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TED.com

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TEDTalks, TED, Talks, aging, culture, extreme sports, TEDWomen 2013, 2013

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