Netflix's Diana Nyad biopic: What's fact and what's fiction?

On Sept. 2, 2013, marathon swimmer Diana Nyad, then 64 years old, staggered onto the beach at Key West after swimming for nearly 53 hours from Cuba. For the athlete-turned-broadcaster, the death-defying swim through shark-infested waters marked the fulfillment of an improbable dream, and fame quickly followed: a visit to the White House, an Oprah Winfrey interview, a stint on "Dancing With the Stars."

But controversy also trailed in Nyad's wake.

With the release of Netflix's new biopic "Nyad," have resurfaced within the small but impassioned marathon swimming community, in which she has long been a polarizing figure. Criticisms over Nyad's history of making inflated claims about her career have cast a shadow over the inspirational film, which begins streaming today, potentially dimming the Oscar prospects of Annette Bening, who plays Nyad, and Jodie Foster, as her