{"id":860,"date":"2020-09-12T12:17:23","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T12:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/2020\/09\/12\/chasing-the-swimmer-part-3-chloe\/"},"modified":"2024-11-17T17:31:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T17:31:22","slug":"chasing-the-swimmer-part-3-chloe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/chasing-the-swimmer-part-3-chloe\/","title":{"rendered":"Chasing the Swimmer, part 3: Chlo\u00eb"},"content":{"rendered":"

part 1<\/a> \u2013 part 2<\/a> – part 3<\/p>\n

Afterword: Chlo\u00eb McCardel<\/h5>\n

For Diana Nyad, marathon swimming is a zero-sum game. The sport has room for only one great swimmer, the<\/em> swimmer: Diana Nyad. So, when she talks about other swimmers\u2014especially other female marathon swimmers\u2014she often denigrates them<\/a> while minimizing or ignoring their accomplishments. How else can Nyad elevate her achievements above those of so many far better athletes?<\/p>\n

In her Off-Broadway show, The Swimmer<\/em><\/a>, Nyad first belittles Judith de Nijs (see part 1<\/a>). Later, she goes after the great Australian marathoner, Chlo\u00eb McCardel<\/a>. One of only five people in history to have completed an English Channel triple<\/a>, McCardel has crossed the EC a total of 44 times, more than anyone in history.<\/p>\n

Diana Nyad, who once claimed to hold \u201call the major records on planet Earth, out in the open sea,\u201d attempted the English Channel<\/a> three times in 1976 but couldn\u2019t get across once. She gave up and never returned.<\/p>\n

McCardel tried the Cuba-Florida swim in June of 2013, just a few months before Nyad\u2019s endeavor. In The Swimmer<\/em>, Nyad says she resents anyone else attempting the crossing before she does, all but declaring the Florida Straits hers alone. \u201cDiana, you do not own this ocean,\u201d says Stoll.<\/p>\n

Yeah, well, it seems like I took ownership of it over all these long-suffering attempts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nyad goes on to describe the great distress she feels while watching McCardel\u2019s attempt. \u201cYou honestly want the others to fail,\u201d Nyad says. When it becomes clear that Chlo\u00eb\u2019s in trouble, Nyad\u2019s elated. Eventually, she learns that box jellyfish stings have forced\u00a0 McCardel to leave the water. Nyad should be able to empathize. Instead, all she can drum up is a sarcastic, \u201cwell, as long as she\u2019s alright. My turn.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chlo\u00eb, on the other hand, always speaks of Nyad with genuine respect and admiration\u2014far more than Nyad deserves.<\/p>\n

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I want to leave you with the transcript of the McCardel section of\u00a0The Swimmer<\/em> because it reveals so much about Nyad. Bear in mind that most of the thoughts, words, and actions Nyad ascribes to others are most likely her own. For instance, she claims that, when those jellyfish stings forced McCardel to abandon her swim, John Bartlett \u201cjumped for joy.\u201d I didn\u2019t know Bartlett personally, but I\u2019ve heard and read enough about him to know that he would not have celebrated McCardel\u2019s misery.<\/p>\n

Diana Nyad is another story.<\/p>\n

[Begins at 57:49]<\/p>\n

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Nyad:<\/em> One day out training we get wind that the young strong Australian swimmer Chlo\u00eb McCardle is in Havana. She\u2019s swimming out the next day. We rush back to Team central. We all gather around CNN, and there\u2019s Chlo\u00eb announcing to the world that, oh, the Australians are experts at the box jellyfish. They have a foolproof plan. She declares this as a swim of her life. I\u2019m in a panic.<\/p>\n

Stoll:<\/em> Diana, you do not own this ocean<\/p>\n

Nyad:<\/em> Yeah, well, it seems like I took ownership of it over all these long-suffering attempts. Now I\u2019m gonna sit around and watch this other swimmer for days make a go of it?<\/p>\n

Stoll:<\/em> We can\u2019t sleep. We play Scrabble and cards \u2019til three in the morning. She paces to four. Then, at dawn, the whole team meets at swim Central.<\/p>\n

Nyad:<\/em> We\u2019re tuned into Chlo\u00eb\u2019s website. Her boat sends out a ping every 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

Stoll:<\/em> She\u2019s making pretty good headway north.<\/p>\n

Nyad:<\/em> Should I want to be the first? All my life I wanted to be the first. And now I gotta get some elegance and congratulate this Chlo\u00eb? I don\u2019t feel very elegant right now. And I got to talk my own team into still believing even though we\u2019re not going to be first anymore. Somebody talk me off this cliff!<\/p>\n

Stoll:<\/em> Wait, wait, something\u2019s going on here.<\/p>\n

Nyad:<\/em> It\u2019s the 11th hour. Wait a second, wait a second. Chlo\u00eb\u2019s ping is traveling southeast.<\/p>\n

Stoll:<\/em> She\u2019s heading back towards Cuba.<\/p>\n

Nyad:<\/em> Bartlett\u2019s going out of his mind. No, every expedition, even the space races, wished safety for the others. But you honestly want the others to fail. Being first is the holy grail Bartlett\u2019s jumping for joy. He says they\u2019re swirling in an eddy and these people don\u2019t even know what eddies are.<\/p>\n

Stoll:<\/em> Only an hour after the eddy pulls them off course, we hear a CNN report. Chlo\u00eb has also been stung by the box. She\u2019s breathing and she\u2019s on deck. They\u2019re motoring to get her to a hospital in Havana.<\/p>\n

Nyad:<\/em> Well, as long as she\u2019s alright. My turn\u2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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