Sjostrom edged Katinka Hosszu by just 36 points for the overall title while Morozov was 171 points ahead of men's second-place finisher Kirill Prigoda. Archive photo via Mike Lewis/Ola Vista Photography
The 2018 FINA World Cup series wrapped up in Singapore this weekend, with cluster #3 and overall winners receiving their prize money. The final cluster featured stops in Beijing, Tokyo, and Singapore. On the women’s side, Katinka Hosszu edged Sarah Sjostrom by six points to win cluster #3, earning $50,000. With wins in clusters #1 and #2, however, Sjostrom claimed the overall women’s title (339 points to 303), and won the $150,000 grand prize; Hosszu took home $100,000 for finishing second overall and Ranomi Kromowidjojo $50,000 for finishing third.
On the men’s side, Russia’s Vladimir Morozov earned himself $50,000 for winning cluster #3, followed by China’s Jiayu Xu ($35,000), and Russia’s Kirill Prigoda ($30,000). Morozov took home the overall title by a landslide, leading Prigoda (231) by 171 points. Australian Mitch Larkin was just behind Prigoda with 222 points, winning $50,000, and American Michael Andrew was fourth with 201 points.
Honestly I think the format this year was better and made for a good race in the standings. That being said it’s far from perfect, I don’t like the FINA points chase overall but am not sure what would be a better way to determine performances.
I’m also skeptical at letting swimmers in for the lone competition. I think you should be obliged to swim a full cluster. As it was now, swimmers at certain points joined in for one competition, in tapered form, to win events and post great times. Which affected the total standings in a significant way. At the very least, don’t let these swimmers count towards the cluster bonuses if they only do one competition. They… Read more »
Yozhik
6 years ago
Hosszu won three gold medals in Singapore. Why does she have 33 points only instead of 36?
Yeah, FINA’s own website gave Hosszu 33 points (I guess that’s where these numbers come from?)
But Hosszu did win three events in Singapore, 200/400 IM and 200 fly, and since each win is worth 12 points, the total should be 36.
iLikePsych
6 years ago
Since Kromowidjojo and Efimova had the same total score (255), what is the tiebreaker that gave Kromo 3rd place?
* @ranomikromo won the tie with Yuliya Efimova for the third place
Tiebreaker #1, “best cluster scoring” ➡️ Tie
Tiebreaker #2, “best performance”: Kromowidjojo 984 pts vs Efimova 976 pts
That was unforgivable mistake done by Efimova at last race of three months long competition. To win $50,000 third place prize she wasn’t even needed to win this 50BR race.
Braden, I always wondered why FINA is so cashed up? It is certainly not from ticket sales. Can’t imagine the TV ad revenue is too special. What is their revenue source exactly?
In 2017, of their $78 million in revenue, $5 million came from the IOC and $72 million came from “Events Income” (with small other amounts coming from other places).
Of the $5 million, $3.4 million came from the Olympic Games share of TV rights from Rio 2016 (that number was $27 million in the actual Olympic year).
Of the $72 million, the biggest numbers were $19 million from the World Championships partnership rights and fees, $7 million from partnership cancellation fees (which I assume it he penalty for Mexico withdrawing as host), $22 million from global TV rights and sponsorship… Read more »
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Honestly I think the format this year was better and made for a good race in the standings. That being said it’s far from perfect, I don’t like the FINA points chase overall but am not sure what would be a better way to determine performances.
I’m also skeptical at letting swimmers in for the lone competition. I think you should be obliged to swim a full cluster. As it was now, swimmers at certain points joined in for one competition, in tapered form, to win events and post great times. Which affected the total standings in a significant way. At the very least, don’t let these swimmers count towards the cluster bonuses if they only do one competition. They… Read more »
Hosszu won three gold medals in Singapore. Why does she have 33 points only instead of 36?
Yeah, FINA’s own website gave Hosszu 33 points (I guess that’s where these numbers come from?)
But Hosszu did win three events in Singapore, 200/400 IM and 200 fly, and since each win is worth 12 points, the total should be 36.
Since Kromowidjojo and Efimova had the same total score (255), what is the tiebreaker that gave Kromo 3rd place?
According to official Twitter of Fina:
* @ranomikromo won the tie with Yuliya Efimova for the third place
Tiebreaker #1, “best cluster scoring” ➡️ Tie
Tiebreaker #2, “best performance”: Kromowidjojo 984 pts vs Efimova 976 pts
That was unforgivable mistake done by Efimova at last race of three months long competition. To win $50,000 third place prize she wasn’t even needed to win this 50BR race.
What a great shot!
Americans right outside top at 4th and 5th
That’s pretty good considering it’s usually rare for Americans to race all stops.
Blake raced at all the stops. Still great finishs next year two Americans top 3
Any chance of posting their total winnings for the whole WC series?
I was hoping for the same (total winnings across the series)
It will be coming shortly. The new rules make the calculations a little more complex, so it just takes some time to calculate.
Thanks!
Braden, I always wondered why FINA is so cashed up? It is certainly not from ticket sales. Can’t imagine the TV ad revenue is too special. What is their revenue source exactly?
Federations pay dues and Olympics pay them well. Just guessing!
You can actually read all of their audited financial statements since 2013 here: https://www.fina.org/content/about-fina-reports
In 2017, of their $78 million in revenue, $5 million came from the IOC and $72 million came from “Events Income” (with small other amounts coming from other places).
Of the $5 million, $3.4 million came from the Olympic Games share of TV rights from Rio 2016 (that number was $27 million in the actual Olympic year).
Of the $72 million, the biggest numbers were $19 million from the World Championships partnership rights and fees, $7 million from partnership cancellation fees (which I assume it he penalty for Mexico withdrawing as host), $22 million from global TV rights and sponsorship… Read more »
Interesting. Thanks for that info! I am surprised!