Australia Sends Big Crew to FINA World Cup in Beijing, Tokyo & Singapore
With the 2014 Australian Short Course Championships just around the corner a group of ten swimmers will fit in some final race practise when they head to Asia to contest the FINA World Cups in Beijing, Tokyo and Singapore starting this Friday October 24.
Cotterell To Be Inducted Into Sport Australia Hall of Fame
On Thursday Denis Cotterell will be inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame…
Moscow World Cup Day Two Finals
Chad le Clos collected another three gold on the second day in Moscow…
Katinka Hosszu And Tom Shields Both Finish With Five Medals On Day One Of Moscow World Cup
Day one of the Moscow World Cup kicked off today bringing both iron lady Katinka Hosszu and American Tom Shields…
World Cup Money Update: Seventeen grand for Hosszu, seven for Shields out of Hong Kong
Katinka Hosszu and Tom Shields were the top money-earners at the Hong Kong World Cup this week, with the former racking up $17,000 and the latter $7,500.
Hong Kong World Cup Day Two Prelims
Katinka Hosszu had the most impressive time of the prelims posting a 55.56 in the women’s 100 backstroke…
Shields, Hosszu earn most World Cup points on day 1 in Hong Kong, leaders stay the same
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu and American Tom Shields were the biggest winners on day 1 of the Hong Kong World Cup, at least in terms of series points.
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.
$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.
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.
2014 FINA World Cup Dubai Photo Vault
Many thank to FINA and G. Scala/Deepbluemedia for these swimming photos.
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.
Swim Stars land in Dubai for Round Two of the FINA World Cup
Some of the world’s best swimmers arrived in Dubai today, ahead of the second round of the FINA/MASTBANK Swimming World Cup which will be held on Sunday 31 August and Monday 1 September.
