Hungary’s #IronLady Katinka Hosszu simply put on a show during the first 3-meet cluster of the 2016 FINA World Cup Series. Over the course of the three stops composed of Paris-Chartres, Berlin and Moscow, Hosszu racked up a total of 21 gold medals to hold quite a sizable lead over her competitors heading into the 2nd cluster, which starts at the end of this month in Beijing.
As in years past, the 2016 edition of the FINA World Cup is broken up into 3 clusters of 3 meets each. The points winners of each cluster, such as Hosszu, earn a $50,000 bonus, while the overall series winners earn $100,000.
With Hosszu’s dominating results, she leads the women by 277 points, more points than anyone else on the series has even scored thus far. How did she do it? Take a look at her one-woman highlight reel to get an idea. Then review the point standings after the first cluster to set the stage for cluster 2.
Women:
| RANK | NAME | TOTAL |
| 1 | Katinka Hosszu | 378 |
| 2 | Jeanette Ottesen | 141 |
| 3 | Alia Atkinson | 121 |
| 4 | Yulia Efimova | 120 |
| 4 | Daryna Zevina | 120 |
| 6 | Katie Meili | 111 |
| 7 | Emily Seebohm | 105 |
| 8 | Zsuzsanna Jakabos | 78 |
| 9 | Madeline Groves | 66 |
| 10 | Franziska Hentke | 48 |
| 11 | Miho Takahashi | 45 |
| 12 | Rie Kaneto | 39 |
| 13 | Leah Neale | 33 |
| 14 | Shao Yiwen | 27 |
| 15 | Wang Siqi | 15 |
| 15 | Holly Barratt | 15 |
| 15 | Hannah Miley | 15 |
| 18 | Natalia Lovtcova | 12 |
| 18 | Breeja Larson | 12 |
| 18 | Anastasiia Kirpichnikova | 12 |
| 21 | Kimberly Buys | 9 |
| 21 | Anna Santamans | 9 |
| 23 | Kin Lok Chan | 6 |
| 23 | Daria Ustinova | 6 |
| 23 | Daria Tcvetkova | 6 |
Men:
| RANK | NAME | TOTAL |
| 1 | Vlad Morozov | 226 |
| 2 | Chad le Clos | 192 |
| 3 | Philip Heintz | 138 |
| 4 | Cameron van der Burgh | 102 |
| 5 | Bobby Hurley | 99 |
| 6 | Kirill Prigoda | 81 |
| 7 | Mitch Larkin | 78 |
| 8 | Hiromasa Fujimori | 75 |
| 9 | Marco Koch | 69 |
| 10 | James Guy | 66 |
| 10 | Pavel Sankovich | 66 |
| 12 | Adam Barrett | 57 |
| 13 | Andrii Govorov | 54 |
| 14 | Poul Zellmann | 30 |
| 14 | Shinri Shioura | 30 |
| 16 | Felipe Lima | 27 |
| 17 | Jan Micka | 21 |
| 17 | Stanislav Donets | 21 |
| 19 | Jack Gerrard | 18 |
| 19 | Jeremy Stravius | 18 |
| 19 | Jordan Pothain | 18 |
| 22 | Yasunari Hirai | 15 |
| 23 | Florian Wellbrock | 12 |
| 23 | Hao Yun | 12 |
| 25 | Mark Meszaros | 9 |
| 25 | Mikhail Dorinov | 9 |
| 25 | Evgeny Drobotov | 9 |
| 28 | Ben Proud | 6 |
| 28 | Nic Brown | 6 |
| 28 | Johannes Dietrich | 6 |
| 28 | Nikolay Chaplinskiy | 6 |
| 28 | Daniil Pasynkov | 6 |
| 28 | Sebastian Steffen | 6 |
Katinka Hosszu’s gold mine at FINA CUP:
100, 200, 400 IM,
200, 400 FR
100BK
The average 2016 LCM ranking of the second place finalist (when Hosszu won the race) is #29
Missed opportunity not using this as the background music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_4vyJX9j_8