{"id":4993,"date":"2024-09-02T16:23:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T16:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/?p=4993"},"modified":"2025-08-02T22:57:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T22:57:05","slug":"time-to-celebrate-another-anniversary-of-diana-nyads-unproven-crossing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/time-to-celebrate-another-anniversary-of-diana-nyads-unproven-crossing\/","title":{"rendered":"Time To Celebrate Another Anniversary Of Diana Nyad’s Unproven Crossing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Diana Nyad celebrating the day after her 2013 crossing. Image by J. Pat Carter, Associated Press, via Miami Herald<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Not only is today the eleventh anniversary of Diana Nyad\u2019s Cuba-Florida crossing, it’s also the first anniversary (plus two days) of Evan Morrison\u2019s announcement<\/a> that he had changed his mind about Nyad\u2019s \u201cswim,\u201d and it was “time to move on.” <\/p>\n

On multiple occasions since then, Morrison, co-founder and head of the Marathon Swimmers Federation (MSF), has said that he has loads of new data that will prove Nyad completed the crossing under her own power. \u201cI am compiling documentation,\u201d he wrote on Facebook last October,<\/p>\n

including items that have not previously been published. It\u2019s a massive amount of material. When I am done, I will publish it to the MSF website, just as I\u2019ve done for hundreds of other swims over the years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He later deleted that comment<\/a>. However, he left at least two others<\/a> that mention the oodles of new info. He has yet to reveal a single oodle.<\/p>\n

(Update, 5 Sep 2024: Below is another Report-In-Progress comment from Evan. It’s one example of many in which Evan badgers Stuart McDougal in a discussion about the Nyad biopic<\/a>. Archived here<\/a>.)
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After Nyad’s crossing, she, too, promised to release documentation. When she hadn\u2019t after three months, Morrison wrote that Nyad \u201cutterly lacks credibility. I\u2019m not sure what more there is to discuss.\u201d<\/p>\n

I know how he feels. If proof existed, Nyad would have released it years ago. So, the only thing left to discuss is how to officially declare Nyad’s crossing a fraud.<\/p>\n

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Evan Morrison’s deleted comment from the Marathon Swimmers Forum discussion, “110 miles, 53 hours: Questions for Diana Nyad.”<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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