With the Moscow World Cup ending the tour’s second cluster, Chad le Clos and Katinka Hosszu each benefited from the tour’s cluster bonuses to crack new barriers in the money lists.
Le Clos rose above $100,000 for the first time on the tour, courtesy of his $9,000 weekend in Moscow and the $50,000 bonus for scoring the most points in the second cluster. That second cluster included the Moscow World Cup and the Hong Kong World Cup earlier in the week.
Hosszu, meanwhile, cracked the $200,000-mark, earning $12,000 in Moscow and her own $50,000 cluster bonus. Hosszu has earned over $100,000 more than any other woman on the tour this season.
The cluster bonuses go down to the top 6 swimmers in each cluster – but to earn those bonuses, the swimmers must compete at all meets within that cluster. That means that although Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson scored the 4th-most points of cluster 2, she doesn’t get a bonus because she only competed in Hong Kong.
There were also a few ties, which are broken by which swimmer earned the most points for top 3 finishes, not counting the FINA Point performance bonuses given out at each meet. That means Thomas Fraser-Holmes won his tie for 3rd with Marco Koch and Daryna Zevina won hers for fourth with Evelyn Verraszto.
The full cluster 2 bonus-earners:
Men
- Chad le Clos: 162 points – $50,000
- Tom Shields: 138 points – $35,000
- Thomas Fraser-Holmes: 93 points – $30,000
- Marco Koch: 93 points – $20,000
- Daniel Gyurta: 84 points – $10,000
- Christian Diener: 60 points – $5,000
Women
- Katinka Hosszu: 288 points – $50,000
- Inge Dekker: 126 points – $35,000
- Mireia Belmonte: 93 points – $30,000
- Daryna Zevina: 66 points – $20,000
- Evelyn Verraszto: 66 points – $10,000
- Rie Kaneto: 60 points – $5,000
Men’s Money List
| Rank | Athlete | Country | TOTAL MONEY EARNED | TOTAL: Moscow | TOTAL 2ND CLUSTER | Cluster Bonus |
| 1 | Chad le Clos | South Africa | $125,500 | $9,000 | $65,000 | $50,000 |
| 2 | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | Australia | $83,000 | $5,500 | $41,500 | $30,000 |
| 3 | Tom Shields | USA | $78,250 | $6,000 | $48,500 | $35,000 |
| 4 | Daniel Gyurta | Hungary | $68,000 | $4,000 | $17,000 | $10,000 |
| 5 | Marco Koch | Germany | $42,500 | $3,500 | $28,000 | $20,000 |
| 6 | Christian Diener | Germany | $24,500 | $4,500 | $12,000 | $5,000 |
| 7 | Velimir Stjepanovic | Serbia | $9,000 | $2,500 | $4,000 | |
| 8 | David Verraszto | Hungary | $6,500 | $1,500 | $3,500 | |
| 9 | Steffen Deibler | Germany | $5,500 | $3,500 | $3,500 | |
| 10 | Eugene Godsoe | USA | $5,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 11 | George Bovell | Trinidad & Tobago | $4,750 | $0 | $0 | |
| 12 | Ashley Delaney | Australia | $4,500 | $0 | $4,000 | |
| 13 | Roland Schoeman | South Africa | $4,250 | $0 | $0 | |
| 14 | Gergely Gyurta | Hungary | $3,500 | $1,500 | $3,500 | |
| 14 | Bobby Hurley | Australia | $3,500 | $1,500 | $1,500 | |
| 16 | Hiromasa Fujimori | Japan | $3,000 | $500 | $3,000 | |
| 16 | Fabio Scozzoli | Italy | $3,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 16 | Gergo Kis | Hungary | $3,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 16 | Josh Schneider | USA | $3,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 16 | Pawel Korzeniowski | Poland | $3,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 21 | Konrad Czerniak | Poland | $2,750 | $0 | $0 | |
| 22 | Li Yongwei | China | $2,500 | $1,000 | $2,500 | |
| 22 | Cody Miller | USA | $2,500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 24 | Geoff Cheah | Hong Kong | $2,000 | $0 | $2,000 | |
| 25 | Sergiy Frolov | Ukraine | $1,500 | $1,500 | $1,500 | |
| 25 | Oleg Tikhobaev | Russia | $1,500 | $500 | $1,500 | |
| 25 | Viacheslav Prudnikov | Russia | $1,500 | $500 | $1,500 | |
| 25 | Yasuhiro Koseki | Japan | $1,500 | $500 | $1,500 | |
| 25 | Leith Shankland | South Africa | $1,500 | $0 | $500 | |
| 25 | Ahmed Mathlouthi | Tunisia | $1,500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 25 | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | $1,500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 32 | Martin Liivamagi | Estonia | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | |
| 32 | Kirill Prigoda | Russia | $1,000 | $0 | $1,000 | |
| 32 | Masato Sakai | Japan | $1,000 | $0 | $1,000 | |
| 32 | Hayate Matsubara | Japan | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 32 | Nikolay Skvortsov | Russia | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 32 | Yukihiro Takahashi | Japan | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 38 | Andrei Nikolaev | Russia | $500 | $500 | $500 | |
| 38 | Viktor Bromer | Denmark | $500 | $500 | $500 | |
| 38 | Oleg Kostin | Russia | $500 | $500 | $500 | |
| 38 | Mikhail Polishchuk | CLB | $500 | $500 | $500 | |
| 38 | Nikita Babchenko | CLB | $500 | $500 | $500 | |
| 38 | Hong Jinlong | China | $500 | $0 | $500 | |
| 38 | Ari-Pekka Liukkonen | Finland | $500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 38 | Martin Schweitzer | Switzerland | $500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 38 | Martin Spitzer | Austria | $500 | $0 | $0 | |
| $514,000 | $51,000 | $252,000 |
Women’s Money List
| Rank | Athlete | Country | TOTAL Money Earned | TOTAL: Moscow | 2nd Cluster | Cluster Bonus |
| 1 | Katinka Hosszu | Hungary | $204,000 | $12,000 | $79,000 | $50,000 |
| 2 | Inge Dekker | Netherlands | $94,000 | $6,000 | $47,000 | $35,000 |
| 3 | Mireia Belmonte Garcia | Spain | $71,000 | $6,000 | $41,000 | $30,000 |
| 4 | Alia Atkinson | Jamaica | $43,000 | $0 | $6,000 | |
| 5 | Daryna Zevina | Ukraine | $32,000 | $3,000 | $26,000 | $20,000 |
| 6 | Evelyn Verraszto | Hungary | $18,000 | $2,500 | $15,500 | $10,000 |
| 7 | Marieke D’Cruz | Australia | $17,500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 8 | Rie Kaneto | Japan | $12,000 | $3,500 | $12,000 | $5,000 |
| 8 | Breeja Larson | USA | $12,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 10 | Veronika Popova | Russia | $4,500 | $1,500 | $4,500 | |
| 11 | Aleksanrda Urbanczyk | Poland | $4,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 11 | Caitlin Leverenz | USA | $4,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 11 | Julia Hassler | Liechtenstein | $4,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 14 | Mie Nielsen | Denmark | $3,000 | $3,000 | $3,000 | |
| 14 | Lisa Zaiser | Austria | $3,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 16 | Anastasia Lyazeva | CLB | $2,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 | |
| 16 | Bi Yirong | China | $2,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 | |
| 16 | Julie Levisen | Denmark | $2,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 | |
| 16 | Carolina Colorado Henao | Colombia | $2,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 16 | Franziska Hentke | Germany | $2,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 16 | Hrafnhildur Luthersdottir | Iceland | $2,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 22 | Jenna Laukkanen | Finalnd | $1,500 | $1,500 | $1,500 | |
| 22 | Laura Sogar | USA | $1,500 | $0 | $0 | |
| 24 | Anastasia Osipenko | CLB | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | |
| 24 | Daria Deeva | CLB | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | |
| 24 | Maria Astashkina | Russia | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | |
| 24 | Natalia Ivaneeva | CLB | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | |
| 24 | Vitalina Simonova | Russia | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | |
| 24 | Hang Yu Sze | Hong Kong | $1,000 | $0 | $1,000 | |
| 24 | Stephanie Au | Hong Kong | $1,000 | $0 | $1,000 | |
| 24 | Tatjana Schoenmaker | South Africa | $1,000 | $0 | $1,000 | |
| 24 | Danielle Villars | Switzerland | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 24 | Lena Kreundl | Austria | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| 34 | Ekaterina Shapanikova | CLB | $500 | $500 | $500 | |
| 34 | Irina Shvaeva | CLB | $500 | $500 | $500 | |
| 34 | Jamie Yeung | Hong Kong | $500 | $0 | $500 | |
| 34 | Liting Wang | China | $500 | $0 | $500 | |
| 34 | Siobhan Haughey | Hong Kong | $500 | $0 | $500 | |
| 34 | Michee Van Rooyen | South Africa | $500 | $0 | $0 | |
| $554,000 | $51,000 | $252,000 |
A part of me wishes Lochte took the World Cup as seriously as Chad Le Clos. Not that he needs the money, but it’d be fun to see what kind of absurd numbers he could rack up. I would never go so far as to say Hosszu-esque, but I definitely think he’d be a good ways ahead of Le Clos.
As of today, Chad would drill him in the 50m 100m and 200m fly. Same for the 50free and 100 free. Lochte would win the 200IM and the backstrokes only. T F-H would do him in the 200free, and certainly the 400IM. The guy is 30yrs old. In 2011 it was all different, but the guard is changing and the older generation is being moved aside. You can see it happening before your very eyes. Go with it, don’t swim against the tide…… I am constantly surprised at how many people hero worship the old guard. I still remember laughing when Spitz took on Tom Jaeger, and some people were seriously talking it up. What a joke.
Nice try…let’s talk when Le Clos brings in 5 individual gold medals in one SC Worlds, otherwise it’s not even close!
BTW – of course Lochte wouldn’t have a chance in the 50 and 200 fly, he doesn’t even swim those events…same for the 50 free. For the 100 free, even though Chad has had great improvements on his free, look at Lochte’s splits from the 100 free in the 2012 SC Worlds (45 low on the 4×100 medley which would have certainly been sub 46 flat start…better than any time the “king” has put up this year). If he swam the event individually he would have easily pulled a silver medal behind Morozov.
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I don’t think you even follow Lochte. That guy usually swim pretty slow in season, only to get incredibly much faster during championship. Things might have changed a bit at swimmac, but he is still much faster during championship than in season.
Therefore, I doubt he would swim constantly very fast day in day out a la Hosszu and Le Clos during world Cup series which are practically in season.
Quite correct….that’s specifically why I started my reply with “As of today”. It’s also laughable to bring up 2012, when the whole point is about Lochte getting older and slower as time goes by. Guys it’s over! Lochte and Phelps have been moved aside by Le Clos and Hagino. Let the new King and the new Emperor reign.
Also, we are talking about world Cup series here, not world SC championships.
Probably true for the World Cup series since Lochte is older, but Billabong was also addressing SC worlds in his comments above. Besides, the only titles that “matter” currently in the swim world are Olympic and World Champ titles, hence why I said “let’s talk when he brings in 5 individual golds at SC worlds…” But hopefully the prospects of big money will attract more of the big names to the World Cup series.
In many ways I find the short course format more exciting than long course. The 100IM is probably one of my favorites…can’t beat an all out sprint IM!
Not a bad year for Tom Shields. A decent Grand Prix showing, national titles in the 100 and 200 fly, some nice bonuses from the sponsors, and a cool 80 grand (so far) on the World Cup circuit. Really, as good as his fly and back are, he could probably spend some time working on his breaststroke (aka pullouts) this year and come back next year earning some money in the IM as well.
he is doing right ! more experience and money in the bag ! i would do exactly the same in his shoes .
King Chad reigns supreme. Bring on the SC world championships. It’s going to be a rout, with a couple of world record thrown in. Phelps can’t take a good Whipping……luckily he now has a plausible excuse for his absence.
Talk to me when “King” Chad breaks 4 individual world records at a single world championship.
No need. It’s King Chad, not GOAT Chad.
We gotta admit that he is swimming really well on short course, but stop calling him “King” he only has two olympic medals.
so funny and arrogant ! go on , keep laughing . We will laugh one day too . While i respect Chad , i have never seen a butterflier of his level with such an ugly technique ! how’s that sound ?
Are you going to laugh when Phelps comes 3rd at OT, or 4th at the Olympics if he qualifies? I won’t. It will be a sad day.
Not at all. I mean he has nothing to prove 18 gold medals is more than Chad could probably win
Ka-ching Ho$$zu! Congrats!