Le Clos hits six figures, Hosszu over $200,000 on World Cup tour after Moscow

With the Moscow World Cup ending the tour’s second cluster, Chad le Clos and Katinka Hosszu each benefited from the tour’s cluster bonuses to crack new barriers in the money lists.

Le Clos rose above $100,000 for the first time on the tour, courtesy of his $9,000 weekend in Moscow and the $50,000 bonus for scoring the most points in the second cluster. That second cluster included the Moscow World Cup and the Hong Kong World Cup earlier in the week.

Hosszu, meanwhile, cracked the $200,000-mark, earning $12,000 in Moscow and her own $50,000 cluster bonus. Hosszu has earned over $100,000 more than any other woman on the tour this season.

The cluster bonuses go down to the top 6 swimmers in each cluster – but to earn those bonuses, the swimmers must compete at all meets within that cluster. That means that although Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson scored the 4th-most points of cluster 2, she doesn’t get a bonus because she only competed in Hong Kong.

There were also a few ties, which are broken by which swimmer earned the most points for top 3 finishes, not counting the FINA Point performance bonuses given out at each meet. That means Thomas Fraser-Holmes won his tie for 3rd with Marco Koch and Daryna Zevina won hers for fourth with Evelyn Verraszto.

The full cluster 2 bonus-earners:

Men

  1. Chad le Clos: 162 points – $50,000
  2. Tom Shields: 138 points – $35,000
  3. Thomas Fraser-Holmes: 93 points – $30,000
  4. Marco Koch: 93 points – $20,000
  5. Daniel Gyurta: 84 points – $10,000
  6. Christian Diener: 60 points – $5,000

Women

  1. Katinka Hosszu: 288 points – $50,000
  2. Inge Dekker: 126 points – $35,000
  3. Mireia Belmonte: 93 points – $30,000
  4. Daryna Zevina: 66 points – $20,000
  5. Evelyn Verraszto: 66 points – $10,000
  6. Rie Kaneto: 60 points – $5,000

Men’s Money List

Rank Athlete Country TOTAL MONEY EARNED TOTAL: Moscow TOTAL 2ND CLUSTER Cluster Bonus
1 Chad le Clos South Africa $125,500 $9,000 $65,000 $50,000
2 Thomas Fraser-Holmes Australia $83,000 $5,500 $41,500 $30,000
3 Tom Shields USA $78,250 $6,000 $48,500 $35,000
4 Daniel Gyurta Hungary $68,000 $4,000 $17,000 $10,000
5 Marco Koch Germany $42,500 $3,500 $28,000 $20,000
6 Christian Diener Germany $24,500 $4,500 $12,000 $5,000
7 Velimir Stjepanovic Serbia $9,000 $2,500 $4,000
8 David Verraszto Hungary $6,500 $1,500 $3,500
9 Steffen Deibler Germany $5,500 $3,500 $3,500
10 Eugene Godsoe USA $5,000 $0 $0
11 George Bovell Trinidad & Tobago $4,750 $0 $0
12 Ashley Delaney Australia $4,500 $0 $4,000
13 Roland Schoeman South Africa $4,250 $0 $0
14 Gergely Gyurta Hungary $3,500 $1,500 $3,500
14 Bobby Hurley Australia $3,500 $1,500 $1,500
16 Hiromasa Fujimori Japan $3,000 $500 $3,000
16 Fabio Scozzoli Italy $3,000 $0 $0
16 Gergo Kis Hungary $3,000 $0 $0
16 Josh Schneider USA $3,000 $0 $0
16 Pawel Korzeniowski Poland $3,000 $0 $0
21 Konrad Czerniak Poland $2,750 $0 $0
22 Li Yongwei China $2,500 $1,000 $2,500
22 Cody Miller USA $2,500 $0 $0
24 Geoff Cheah Hong Kong $2,000 $0 $2,000
25 Sergiy Frolov Ukraine $1,500 $1,500 $1,500
25 Oleg Tikhobaev Russia $1,500 $500 $1,500
25 Viacheslav Prudnikov Russia $1,500 $500 $1,500
25 Yasuhiro Koseki Japan $1,500 $500 $1,500
25 Leith Shankland South Africa $1,500 $0 $500
25 Ahmed Mathlouthi Tunisia $1,500 $0 $0
25 Oussama Mellouli Tunisia $1,500 $0 $0
32 Martin Liivamagi Estonia $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
32 Kirill Prigoda Russia $1,000 $0 $1,000
32 Masato Sakai Japan $1,000 $0 $1,000
32 Hayate Matsubara Japan $1,000 $0 $0
32 Nikolay Skvortsov Russia $1,000 $0 $0
32 Yukihiro Takahashi Japan $1,000 $0 $0
38 Andrei Nikolaev Russia $500 $500 $500
38 Viktor Bromer Denmark $500 $500 $500
38 Oleg Kostin Russia $500 $500 $500
38 Mikhail Polishchuk CLB $500 $500 $500
38 Nikita Babchenko CLB $500 $500 $500
38 Hong Jinlong China $500 $0 $500
38 Ari-Pekka Liukkonen Finland $500 $0 $0
38 Martin Schweitzer Switzerland $500 $0 $0
38 Martin Spitzer Austria $500 $0 $0
$514,000 $51,000 $252,000

Women’s Money List

Rank Athlete Country TOTAL Money Earned TOTAL: Moscow 2nd Cluster Cluster Bonus
1 Katinka Hosszu Hungary $204,000 $12,000 $79,000 $50,000
2 Inge Dekker Netherlands $94,000 $6,000 $47,000 $35,000
3 Mireia Belmonte Garcia Spain $71,000 $6,000 $41,000 $30,000
4 Alia Atkinson Jamaica $43,000 $0 $6,000
5 Daryna Zevina Ukraine $32,000 $3,000 $26,000 $20,000
6 Evelyn Verraszto Hungary $18,000 $2,500 $15,500 $10,000
7 Marieke D’Cruz Australia $17,500 $0 $0
8 Rie Kaneto Japan $12,000 $3,500 $12,000 $5,000
8 Breeja Larson USA $12,000 $0 $0
10 Veronika Popova Russia $4,500 $1,500 $4,500
11 Aleksanrda Urbanczyk Poland $4,000 $0 $0
11 Caitlin Leverenz USA $4,000 $0 $0
11 Julia Hassler Liechtenstein $4,000 $0 $0
14 Mie Nielsen Denmark $3,000 $3,000 $3,000
14 Lisa Zaiser Austria $3,000 $0 $0
16 Anastasia Lyazeva CLB $2,000 $2,000 $2,000
16 Bi Yirong China $2,000 $2,000 $2,000
16 Julie Levisen Denmark $2,000 $2,000 $2,000
16 Carolina Colorado Henao Colombia $2,000 $0 $0
16 Franziska Hentke Germany $2,000 $0 $0
16 Hrafnhildur Luthersdottir Iceland $2,000 $0 $0
22 Jenna Laukkanen Finalnd $1,500 $1,500 $1,500
22 Laura Sogar USA $1,500 $0 $0
24 Anastasia Osipenko CLB $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
24 Daria Deeva CLB $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
24 Maria Astashkina Russia $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
24 Natalia Ivaneeva CLB $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
24 Vitalina Simonova Russia $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
24 Hang Yu Sze Hong Kong $1,000 $0 $1,000
24 Stephanie Au Hong Kong $1,000 $0 $1,000
24 Tatjana Schoenmaker South Africa $1,000 $0 $1,000
24 Danielle Villars Switzerland $1,000 $0 $0
24 Lena Kreundl Austria $1,000 $0 $0
34 Ekaterina Shapanikova CLB $500 $500 $500
34 Irina Shvaeva CLB $500 $500 $500
34 Jamie Yeung Hong Kong $500 $0 $500
34 Liting Wang China $500 $0 $500
34 Siobhan Haughey Hong Kong $500 $0 $500
34 Michee Van Rooyen South Africa $500 $0 $0
$554,000 $51,000 $252,000

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Sven
9 years ago

A part of me wishes Lochte took the World Cup as seriously as Chad Le Clos. Not that he needs the money, but it’d be fun to see what kind of absurd numbers he could rack up. I would never go so far as to say Hosszu-esque, but I definitely think he’d be a good ways ahead of Le Clos.

Billabong
Reply to  Sven
9 years ago

As of today, Chad would drill him in the 50m 100m and 200m fly. Same for the 50free and 100 free. Lochte would win the 200IM and the backstrokes only. T F-H would do him in the 200free, and certainly the 400IM. The guy is 30yrs old. In 2011 it was all different, but the guard is changing and the older generation is being moved aside. You can see it happening before your very eyes. Go with it, don’t swim against the tide…… I am constantly surprised at how many people hero worship the old guard. I still remember laughing when Spitz took on Tom Jaeger, and some people were seriously talking it up. What a joke.

BKP
Reply to  Billabong
9 years ago

Nice try…let’s talk when Le Clos brings in 5 individual gold medals in one SC Worlds, otherwise it’s not even close!

BTW – of course Lochte wouldn’t have a chance in the 50 and 200 fly, he doesn’t even swim those events…same for the 50 free. For the 100 free, even though Chad has had great improvements on his free, look at Lochte’s splits from the 100 free in the 2012 SC Worlds (45 low on the 4×100 medley which would have certainly been sub 46 flat start…better than any time the “king” has put up this year). If he swam the event individually he would have easily pulled a silver medal behind Morozov.

It should be a good fight… Read more »

aswimfan
Reply to  BKP
9 years ago

I don’t think you even follow Lochte. That guy usually swim pretty slow in season, only to get incredibly much faster during championship. Things might have changed a bit at swimmac, but he is still much faster during championship than in season.
Therefore, I doubt he would swim constantly very fast day in day out a la Hosszu and Le Clos during world Cup series which are practically in season.

Billabong
Reply to  aswimfan
9 years ago

Quite correct….that’s specifically why I started my reply with “As of today”. It’s also laughable to bring up 2012, when the whole point is about Lochte getting older and slower as time goes by. Guys it’s over! Lochte and Phelps have been moved aside by Le Clos and Hagino. Let the new King and the new Emperor reign.

aswimfan
Reply to  BKP
9 years ago

Also, we are talking about world Cup series here, not world SC championships.

BKP
Reply to  aswimfan
9 years ago

Probably true for the World Cup series since Lochte is older, but Billabong was also addressing SC worlds in his comments above. Besides, the only titles that “matter” currently in the swim world are Olympic and World Champ titles, hence why I said “let’s talk when he brings in 5 individual golds at SC worlds…” But hopefully the prospects of big money will attract more of the big names to the World Cup series.

In many ways I find the short course format more exciting than long course. The 100IM is probably one of my favorites…can’t beat an all out sprint IM!

Sven
9 years ago

Not a bad year for Tom Shields. A decent Grand Prix showing, national titles in the 100 and 200 fly, some nice bonuses from the sponsors, and a cool 80 grand (so far) on the World Cup circuit. Really, as good as his fly and back are, he could probably spend some time working on his breaststroke (aka pullouts) this year and come back next year earning some money in the IM as well.

ERVINFORTHEWIN
Reply to  Sven
9 years ago

he is doing right ! more experience and money in the bag ! i would do exactly the same in his shoes .

Billabong
9 years ago

King Chad reigns supreme. Bring on the SC world championships. It’s going to be a rout, with a couple of world record thrown in. Phelps can’t take a good Whipping……luckily he now has a plausible excuse for his absence.

law Dawg
Reply to  Billabong
9 years ago

Talk to me when “King” Chad breaks 4 individual world records at a single world championship.

Billabong
Reply to  law Dawg
9 years ago

No need. It’s King Chad, not GOAT Chad.

MIKE
Reply to  Billabong
9 years ago

We gotta admit that he is swimming really well on short course, but stop calling him “King” he only has two olympic medals.

ERVINFORTHEWIN
Reply to  Billabong
9 years ago

so funny and arrogant ! go on , keep laughing . We will laugh one day too . While i respect Chad , i have never seen a butterflier of his level with such an ugly technique ! how’s that sound ?

Billabong
Reply to  ERVINFORTHEWIN
9 years ago

Are you going to laugh when Phelps comes 3rd at OT, or 4th at the Olympics if he qualifies? I won’t. It will be a sad day.

MIKE
Reply to  Billabong
9 years ago

Not at all. I mean he has nothing to prove 18 gold medals is more than Chad could probably win

whoknows
9 years ago

Ka-ching Ho$$zu! Congrats!

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