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Nyad attempts Cuba-Florida swim againNEW: Nyad returns to the water to continue her swim She was pulled out after she was stung for a second time, her team says Her attempt will be considered a "staged swim," an official says
(CNN) -- Undeterred by stings, endurance swimmer Diana Nyad returned to the water early Sunday morning in her attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida.
She was accompanied by three shark divers, her team said in a blog post.
The 62-year-old was pulled out Saturday night after she was stung for a second time, this time by some kind of presumed jellyfish, her team said.
Later that night, an independent observer from the International Swim Federation said Nyad could still be in the running for a record.
"Diana may continue the swim if she has only been removed from the water for medical treatment. In other words, not simply to rest," her team said in a post. "Diana's swim will still be record breaking if she decides to continue."
Now that Nyad has decided to go on, her attempt will be considered a "staged swim," meaning that it occurred in stages rather than nonstop.
Nyad's first Cuba-Florida attempt, back in 1978, was brought to an end by strong currents and bad weather after almost 42 hours in the water.
She made a try in August, before she was pulled from the water after 60 miles, and almost 29 hours of swimming. She blamed a shoulder injury she suffered early in the journey, and an 11-hour-long asthma attack.
Her latest attempt began just after 6 p.m. Friday from Havana's Hemingway Marina. The former world champion swimmer expects the swim to take close to 60 hours.
There was a bit of excitement early Saturday afternoon. An oceanic whitetip shark swam near Nyad, but a diver on her team faced it off and it meandered away.
The swimmer improved her performance late Saturday morning after struggling to maintain her usual stroke rate, her support team said. Fortified by chicken soup, Nyad was making good progress until the Saturday evening incident.
The sting was the second of the day. Earlier in the day, a Portuguese man o' war stung her.
Nyad got back in the water at 12:20 a.m. Sunday.
CNN's Matt Sloane and Shasta Darlington contributed to this report.View the original article here
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