Katinka Hosszu showed that this year she plans to be just as dominant as the last on the World Cup tour as she’s already miles ahead of the field in both money earned and points after one day of competition. Hosszu has racked up 74 points so far with four golds, one bronze, and a world record performance in the 200m IM. With that being said she’s right on track with last year’s points total considering in the first stop of 2013 she scored 161 points. Eighty of those points in Eindhoven (the first stop last year) were due to world records. Twenty-four of those points were given to Hosszu for having the best swim of the meet. There’s great potential for Hosszu to gain those 24 points here in Doha for best swim of the meet considering that thus far she’s the only female to break a world record. With a few events tomorrow, it could be very possibly that Hosszu will be around that 161 point mark from last season.
As for the men, last year’s winner World Cup tour winner, Chad Le Clos, is currently tied for first place with Australia’s Thomas Fraser-Holmes. The two swimmers both have 24 points after racking up two individual wins each. Last year, Fraser-Holmes finished 11th after the entire World Cup tour was finished. Currently behind the two leaders is Tom Shields of the USA. Shields, known for his butterfly prowess, came home with a gold and a silver to give himself 21 points which still puts him in striking distance of the leaders. Last year, Shields was seventh overall, but only scored 15 points at the first meet which he was already surpassed. Shields is in great shape considering he just came from the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. The men’s side is a lot closer than the women’s as currently sitting in second overall is Inge Dekker with 24 points, 50 behind Hosszu. Points will be given out at the end of the meet for the top three men’s and women’s performances. Twenty-four points will be awarded to the best performance, 18 to the second, 12 to the third. To see current prize money standings click here.
- 1st place: 12 points
- 2nd place: 9 points
- 3rd place: 6 points
- World Record bonus: 20 points
MEN’S POINTS STANDINGS
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Total Points Earned |
| 1 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | 24 |
| 1 | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | Australia | 24 |
| 3 | Tom Shields | USA | 21 |
| 4 | Roland Schoeman | South Africa | 18 |
| 5 | Christian Diener | Germany | 12 |
| 5 | Daniel Gyurta | Hungary | 12 |
| 5 | George Bovell | Trinidad & Tobago | 12 |
| 8 | David Verraszto | Hungary | 9 |
| 8 | Eugene Godsoe | USA | 9 |
| 8 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | 9 |
| 8 | Konrad Czerniak | Poland | 9 |
| 8 | Leith Shankland | South Africa | 9 |
| 8 | Marco Koch | Germany | 9 |
| 8 | Pawel Korzeniowski | Poland | 9 |
| 8 | Velimir Stjepanovic | Serbia | 9 |
| 16 | Ahmed Mathlouthi | Tunisia | 6 |
| 16 | Bobby Hurley | Australia | 6 |
| 16 | Martin Schweitzer | Switzerland | 6 |
| 16 | Martin Spitzer | Austria | 6 |
| 16 | Nikolay Skvortsov | Russia | 6 |
| 16 | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 6 |
| 16 | Steffen Deibler | Germany | 6 |
| 16 | Yukihiro Takahashi | Japan | 6 |
WOMEN’S POINTS STANDINGS
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Total Points Earned |
| 1 | Katinka Hosszu | Hungary | 74 |
| 2 | Inge Dekker | Netherlands | 24 |
| 3 | Aleksanrda Urbanczyk | Poland | 18 |
| 4 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | 15 |
| 4 | Marieke D’Cruz | Australia | 15 |
| 6 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | 12 |
| 6 | Mireia Belmonte Garcia | Spain | 12 |
| 6 | Danielle Villars | Switzerland | 12 |
| 9 | Caitlin Leverenz | USA | 9 |
| 9 | Evelyn Verraszto | Hungary | 9 |
| 9 | Julia Hassler | Liechtenstein | 9 |
| 9 | Breeja Larson | USA | 9 |
| 13 | Carolina Colorado Henao | Colombia | 6 |
| 13 | Hrafnhildur Luthersdottir | Iceland | 6 |
| 13 | Lisa Zaiser | Austria | 6 |
New WR in 100m IM today morning, and another almost-WR (she missed only 0.15 sec) in 100m backstroke. She is amazing…
Queen Hosszu!!!
Colombia* not columbia for Henao