Disclaimer: Blueseventy Swim of the Week is not meant to be a conclusive selection of the best overall swim of the week, but rather one Featured Swim to be explored in deeper detail. The blueSeventy Swim is an opportunity to take a closer look at the context of one of the many fast swims this week, perhaps a swim that slipped through the cracks as others grabbed the headlines, or a race we didn’t get to examine as closely in the flood of weekly meets.
The World Cup Series always offers a fascinating look into how one outstanding swim can be worth a huge cash influx. This week, it was Anton Chupkov raising his earnings by $51,500 with a stellar 200 breaststroke.
Going into the final day of the Doha World Cup, Chupkov was in line for a solid Cluster 1 showing. He was second in series points among the men after the tour’s first stop in Kazan, but was set to fall off a bit in Doha. Chupkov won the 100 and 200 breaststrokes in Kazan, but only took bronze in the Doha 100 breast on day 1. With only two scoring events, Chupkov was at a disadvantage against versatile sprinters Vladimir Morozov and Michael Andrew.
But Chupkov went 2:08.77 to win 200 breast gold on the final day in Doha. That earned him 12 more points and $1500 in medal money, but also stood up as the best FINA points swim of the entire meet on the men’s side. That earned him another 24 point bonus in Cluster 1, shooting him past Morozov to the top of the men’s point standings. A cluster 1 win brought a bonus of $50,000 compared to the $35,000 Chupkov would have won had he been second in the cluster.
Now $51,500 richer for a single 200 breast swim, Chupkov carries a series points lead into the short course section of the tour, which begins with cluster 2 later this month.
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