Daniel Slosberg was introduced to ocean swimming in 1976 by Lynne Cox at UC Santa Barbara. The following year, he completed a single-crossing of the Catalina Channel. In 1978, he clocked the fastest Catalina double-crossing ever, a record which stood, thanks to his teammate John York, for eleven days.
Slosberg raced the Ironman Triathlon in 1981, where he met Diana Nyad. Reporting for the Wide World of Sports, she interviewed him during the bike leg, asking him something like, “You were doing so well after the swim—what happened?”
His last longish event was in 2010, a 12-mile race from Manhattan Beach to Santa Monica. He got first place in what was probably a field of one, the 50-54-year-old non-wetsuit division.
I watched Other Shore and I found Nyad to be very annoying and self centered all through.
She also wanted to quit EVERYTIME in the film she made an attempt and usually moaned or complained.
Do not get me wrong I am No athlete but if she has been telling lies that long she needs exposing properly like Lance Armstrong…. Another sporting cheat. YOU know Nyad cheated HER EGO IS MASSIVE and can be seen evidently. No shock she lied about what she achieved at all.
Thank you for this.
Not only does she lie, but she’s also a jerk. I just posted a video about how she treats 6-time world pro swimming champion Judith de Nijs: https://youtu.be/-CpWWFLbUIw?si=umiwL5_b37BPAAjZ