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For Vladimir Morozov, the World Cup’s switch back to a short course meters format was exactly what he needed.
Sitting just third in series points after the opening two long course meets despite winning four golds, two silvers and three bronzes, Morozov wasted no time in roaring to a massive points lead, powered mostly by his world record 100 IM.
Morozov’s 50.26 marks the third time he’s broken the short course 100 IM world record since 2016, all three of which have come on the World Cup. Each swim was worth $10,000, and the 20 series points he picked up in Eindhoven built him a 56-point lead over Anton Chupkov and Mitch Larkin.
After earning $10,900 over the first two stops (not including a larger cluster bonus), Morozov won a massive $16,750 in Eindhoven, most of that coming from his world record bonus. He’s also in line for a much bigger cluster bonus ($50,000) than his first cluster boon ($30,000), thanks in large part to that points bonus.
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Well, I am happy for Morozov. And I am certainly biased, but I think 38 yo Nicholas Santos breaking a suit-era record deserves more attention.
Cayley – would’ve been difficult to recognize Santos’s swim in this story, given it was published three days before Santos broke the world record
Why is no one talking about this?