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LAUSANNE, Switzerland. AS has become our tradition, Swimming World will keep an up-to-date listing of the cash won during the FINA World Cup.  This year, nearly $2 million is up for grabs during a seven-stage, three-cluster setup opening up with competition this weekend in the Middle East.

The last two years, the Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu has turned some heads by winning about half-a-million in cash on the FINA World Cup circuit along.  She’s looking to do more of the same this year.

Swimmers are racing for $1,500 (1st), $1,000 (2nd) and $500 (3rd) for podium placements, and also are earning up to $10,000 per world-record performance. That’s $102,000 in just race winnings available at each stop this year.

After just six nights of racing, Hosszu has a huge points lead with a quintet of 20-point world-record bonuses from her IM world records.

Overall Points/Winnings Summary:

Men:

Chad le Clos – 192 ($66,500)
Tom Shields – 166.5 ($37,750)
Daniel Gyurta – 155 ($54,000)
Thomas Fraser-Holmes – 141 ($47,500)
Marco Koch – 108 ($19,000)
Christian Diener – 87 ($15,000)

Women:

Katinka Hosszu – 517 ($142,000)
Inge Dekker – 186 ($53,000)
Alia Atkinson – 159 ($43,000)
Mireia Belmonte Garcia – 129 ($35,000)
Daryna Zevina – 84 ($9,000)
Marieke D’Cruz – 69 ($17,500)

Total Race Winnings/Points

World Record Bonuses:

Three Best Performances (by meet):

Doha:

Men:

Daniel Gyurta, 200 breast, 2:01.06 – 990 pts – 24 bonus pts
Chad le Clos, 100 fly, 48.70 – 986 pts – 18 bonus pts
Marco Koch, 200 breast, 2:01.71 – 974 pts – 12 bonus pts

Women:

Katinka Hosszu, 200 IM, 2:02.61 (WR) – 1014 pts – 24 bonus pts
Alia Atkinson, 50 breast, 29.12 – 967 pts – 18 bonus pts
Inge Dekker, 100 fly, 56.05 – 947 pts – 12 bonus pts

Dubai

Men:

Daniel Gyurta, 200 breast, 2:00.48 – 1004 pts – 24 bonus pts
Chad le Clos, 100 fly, 48.59 – 993 pts – 18 bonus pts
Marco Koch, 200 breast, 2:01.28 – 984 pts – 12 bonus pts

Women:

Katinka Hosszu, 100 IM, 56.86 – 1031 pts – 24 bonus pts
Inge Dekker, 50 fly, 24.59 – 974 pts – 18 bonus pts
Alia Atkinson, 50 breast, 29.12 – 967 pts – 12 bonus pts
- Mireia Belmonte Garcia had 967 pts for her 800 free win, but Atkinson’s 957 pts from her 100 breast trumped Belmonte Garcia’s 925 in the 400 IM for the tiebreaker

Hong Kong

Men:
Chad le Clos, 100 fly, 48.56 – 995 pts – 24 bonus pts
Tom Shields, 100 fly, 49.02 – 967 pts – 18 bonus pts
Daniel Gyurta, 200 breast, 2:02.50 – 955 pts – 12 bonus pts

Women:
Katinka Hosszu, 100 back, 55.34 – 994 pts – 24 bonus pts
Alia Atkinson, 100 breast, 1:03.23 – 959 pts – 18 bonus pts
Inge Dekker, 100 fly, 56.03 – 948 pts – 12 bonus pts

Cluster 1 (Doha /Dubai): USD 300,000

August 27-28 Doha (QAT)
August 31-September 1 Dubai (UAE)

Men

1. Chad le Clos, 120 pts, 50,000

2. Daniel Gyurta, 116 pts, 35,000

3. Thomas Fraser-Holmes, 93 pts, 30,000

4. Tom Shields, 85.5 pts, 20,000

5. Marco Koch, 69 pts, 10,000

6. Christian Diener, 63 pts, 5,000

Women

1. Katinka Hosszu, 355 pts, 50,000

2. Inge Dekker, 126 pts, 35,000

3. Alia Atkinson, 87 pts, 30,000

4. Mireia Belmonte Garcia, 84 pts, 20,000

5. Marieke D’Cruz, 69 pts, 10,000

6. Breeja Larson, 60 pts, 5,000

Cluster 2 (Hong Kong / Moscow): USD 300,000

September 29-30 Hong Kong (HKG)
October 4-5 Moscow (RUS)

Men (Early Leaders)

1. 50,000 – Tom Shields – 81

2. 35,000 – Chad le Clos – 72

3. 30,000 – Thomas Fraser-Holmes – 48

4. 20,000 – Daniel Gyurta – 39

5. 10,000 – Marco Koch – 39

6. 5,000 – Ashley Delaney – 33

Women (Early Leaders)

1. 50,000 – Katinka Hosszu – 162

2. 35,000 – Alia Atkinson – 72

3. 30,000 – Inge Dekker – 60

4. 20,000 – Mireia Belmonte – 45

5. 10,000 – Evelyn Verraszto – 36

6. 5,000 – Rie Kaneto – 30

Cluster 3 (Beijing / Tokyo / Singapore): USD 300,000

October 24-25 Beijing (CHN)
October 28-29 Tokyo (JPN)
November 1-2 Singapore (SIN)

Men

1. 50,000

2. 35,000

3. 30,000

4. 20,000

5. 10,000

6. 5,000

Women

1. 50,000

2. 35,000

3. 30,000

4. 20,000

5. 10,000

6. 5,000

Overall Winners: USD 360,000

Men

1. 100,000

2. 80,000

3. 30,000

Women

1. 100,000

2. 80,000

3. 30,000

Overall/Cluster Scoring Explained:

The FINA Points Table will be used as the basis for deciding the ranking of swimmers at each Event according to the following:

By Meet:
1. Three best performances (according to the FINA Points Table), with the following score:
Best performance: 24 points
2nd best performance: 18 points
3rd best performance: 12 points
- In case of tie, the second best performance is taken into account (as per the present rules)

2. Medallists in all individual events, with the following score:
Gold medal: 12 points
Silver medal: 9 points
Bronze medal: 6 points

3. Bonus for World Record performance: 20 points

By Cluster:
1. The ranking will be established by adding all the Performance, Ranking (medallist) and WR points
- In case of tie with one of the swimmer having a WR performance: first is the swimmer with WR performance.
- In case of tie with swimmers having WR performance: first is the swimmer with best WR performance (in accordance to the FINA Points Table).
- In case of tie with Performance and Ranking points: first is the swimmer with the higher number of Ranking points.
- In case of tie with Ranking points: first is the swimmer with the higher number of Ranking points in any of the cluster’s leg.

Overall:
1. Sum all the Cluster Points
- In case of tie, first is the swimmer with the best position in any of the clusters.

World Record Bonus points: For each new World Record, 20 bonus points will be awarded to the swimmer in addition to any ranking points earned at the Event. For any World Record equalled, 10 bonus points will be awarded to the swimmer in addition to any ranking points earned at the Event.

The swimmers accumulating the most points at the SWC Events in each year shall be declared the overall winners for both Men and Women.