US swimmer Diana Nyad puts cream on at Ernest Hemingway Nautical Club, in Havana on August 7, 2011, before swimming from Havana to Florida in a three-day non-stop journey. AFP PHOTO/ADALBERTO ROQUE (Photo credit should read ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images)
US swimmer Diana Nyad puts cream on at Ernest Hemingway Nautical Club, in Havana on August 7, 2011, before swimming from Havana to Florida in a three-day non-stop journey. AFP PHOTO/ADALBERTO ROQUE (Photo credit should read ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Endurance athlete Diana Nyad was preparing Friday for a second attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida and set a world record at the age of 62, after falling short last month. (AP)