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Australian long-distance champion Susie Maroney, 22, dives into the water from the Malecon area of Havana, Cuba, in an effort to become the first person ever to complete the 112-mile swim from Cuba to Florida. There have been 50 official attempts. Maroney herself came the closest, covering 107 miles in 381/2 hours last June. She reached shark-infested U.S. territorial waters, but because of seasickness and dehydration she was pulled from the sea 12 miles short of her goal.