Swimmer Diana Nyad has become the first person to swim from Cuba to the United States without a shark cage.<br /><br />The 64-year-old set off on Saturday and took 53 hours of non-stop swimming to cover the more than 160km that separate Havana from the Florida Keys.<br /><br />Speaking on the beach just minutes after finishing her record breaking swim Ms. Nyad said:<br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/