According to ABC News, in an interview with "Good Morning America" following her elimination, Diana Nyad acknowledged that she didn't expect two teams to be eliminated at once. The swimmer also argued, "It was too short." Referencing her famous swim from Cuba to Florida, Nyad added, "If the dance had gone on for 53 hours nonstop, I think I would have beat everybody."
After her first week on "Dancing With the Stars" and before her elimination took place, the athlete was also interviewed by TV Guide and shared her goal for the first performance. "Didn't care about the judges scores, didn't care about anything," Nyad said. "I wanted to make Henry [Byalikov] proud of me. And he said that was the best I ever did it."
Nyad also noted that there was a learning curve to dancing in heels and that although her swimming abilities didn't translate to the dance floor, she wasn't feeling it yet, unlike some of her fellow contestants.
