Hosszu Extends Lead in World Cup Money Lists; Shields Has Best Day Yet of 2014 Season
Katinka Hosszu added another $8,500 to her prize money total on Monday at the 2014 FINA World Cup.
Five wins for Hosszu to open World Cup’s second cluster on day 1 in Hong Kong
Series points leaders Katinka Hosszu and Chad le Clos did enough to stay on top, with Hosszu winning 5 races and Le Clos 2 on the first day from Hong Kong.
Katinka Hosszu Enters All 17 Event in Two Days for Hong Kong World Cup
Tom Shields is the only U.S. pro swimmer at the Hong Kong stop of the World Cup, and with relatively thin fields he’ll stand to earn significant prize money beginning Monday.
$300,000 on offer for Cluster #2 – Fina Swimming World Cup
Among men, Olympic champion Chad Le Clos (RSA) currently leads the overall rankings with 120 points, closely followed by Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta (116 points). Australian Thomas Fraser-Holmes completes the top-3 with 93 points.
HardCore Swim of the Week: Le Clos’ textile-best 100 fly turns into a $50,000 swim
The South African rattled a super-suit world record while earning 30 World Cup points in one race en route to his giant bonus for leading the first cluster by just 4.
2014 Dubai FINA World Cup – Day 2 Photo Vault
Many thanks to FINA and G. Scala for these swimming photos.
Hosszu already clears six figure winnings with World Cup’s cluster bonus after Dubai
Katinka Hosszu has earned $50,000 in world record bonuses and added a $50,000 cluster bonus to jump to $125,000 in total winnings just two meets in to the World Cup circuit.
Le Clos back into World Cup series points lead after Dubai, but only by 4; Hosszu crushing competition
Chad le Clos is back in the driver’s seat, leading the World Cup points standings after the Dubai meet, but his lead is just four points after a great weekend for Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta.
2014 Dubai World Cup – Le Clos nearly breaks 100 fly world record at Dubai day 2 finals
Chad le Clos won two events on day 2, including the 100 fly, where he came just over a tenth away from breaking a five-year-old world record.
Gyurta rockets to World Cup points lead, Hosszu extends her lead to over 150 after Dubai day 1
It was a great day for the Hungarians at the Dubai World Cup Sunday, with Daniel Gyurta and Katinka Hosszu each setting a world record and riding that wave to the top of both the money-earners lists and the series points standings.
Hungarian Money Machines: Hosszu and Gyurta add five-figure bonuses on day 1 of Dubai World Cup
Daniel Gyurta jumped into the World Record game, earning a $10,000 bonus alongside his countrywoman Katinka Hosszu. The two now lead all money-earners on the World Cup circuit this year.
2014 Dubai World Cup: two world records for Hungarians on day 1
Katinka Hosszu is back, just three days removed from her triple-World Record performance in Doha, which has her leading the World Cup series points standings handily.
Katinka Hosszu Within Striking Distance of Four World Records After Dubai Prelims Day 1
With a busy prelims session on the first day of the 2014 Dubai World Cup, Katinka Hosszu, is within a second…
Start Lists for 2014 Dubai World Cup Stop, Meet Begins Sunday
Full Doha World Cup results. Full Dubai World Cup heat sheets/start lists. Full Dubai World Cup entries list (in ranked…
Hosszu crushing World Cup points, Le Clos leads Gyurta and Fraser-Holmes for men
Katinka Hosszu is well on her way to defending her World Cup points title with one of seven stops down. Hosszu leads all women with 189 points, even more than she had at this point last year.
