Le Clos Gains Ground But Morozov Wins World Cup Cluster 2 In Doha

FINA WORLD CUP Doha, Qatar

• Saturday, October 8th-Sunday, October 9th
• Hamad Aquatic Center, Doha
• Prelims 10.00 AM, Finals 7.30 PM, local time
• Point Standings After Cluster 1
• Money Lists After Cluster 1
• Results
• Live Stream (FINA TV)

South Africa’s Chad le Clos outscored series leader Vladimir Morozov 78-48 at the Doha World Cup, but Morozov maintains his series points lead and also wrapped up a win in the tour’s second cluster.

It was just the second meet so far in which Morozov hasn’t been the top-scoring man. In the first cluster, le Clos also outscored the field in the third and final stop, besting Morozov 69-54 in Moscow.

Morozov still won the second cluster – and the $50,000 bonus check that comes along with it – 210-95, and leads le Clos in the series by 49. But the men’s race remains close enough that things could still swing either direction over the tour’s final three stops.

The same can’t be said for the women’s race, where Katinka Hosszu maintains her death grip on the series. Hosszu scored 405 points in the second cluster alone – a total that would lead all swimmers in the entire series by almost 100.

She sits at 783 for the series in total.

Behind her, scoring was tight for the next few series bonuses: Alia Atkinson topped Jeanette Ottesen by just 3 points for the second bonus, a swing of $5,000. Daryna Zevina took 4th by just 3 points over Zsuzsanna Jakabos and Rie Kaneto, a swing of $10,000. And Jakabos and Kaneto actually tied at 96, with Jakabos winning the tiebreaker.

There was a rare unbroken tie on the men’s side, with Pavel Sankovich and Myles Brown each earning 93 points and tying on all 4 of FINA’s listed tiebreakers. They’ll share the sixth-place prize money unless FINA has further tiebreakers not mentioned in its rules and regulations.

The cluster 2 bonus winners in each gender:

Men:

1. Vladimir Morozov (210 points) – $50,000
2. Chad le Clos (195) – $35,000
3. Daiya Seto (171) – $30,000
4. Bobby Hurley (114) – $20,000
5. Philip Heintz (96) – $10,000
6. T-6 Pavel Sankovich (93) – $2500*
7. T-6 Myles Brown (93) – $2500*

Women:

1. Katinka Hosszu (405) – $50,000
2. Alia Atkinson (168) – $35,000
3. Jeanette Ottesen (165) – $30,000
4. Daryna Zevina (99) – $20,000
5. Zsuzsanna Jakabos (96) – $10,000
6. Rie Kaneto (96) – $5,000

WORLD CUP SCORING

Medal Points

Each individual event yields points for the top 3 finishers.

• Gold: 12 points
• Silver: 9 points
• Bronze: 6 points

World Record Bonuses

Each world record yields 20 points. Tying a world record is worth 10 points.

Performance Bonuses

The top 3 male and top 3 female swims of the meet earn bonus points. Top swims are determined based on FINA points. Only the top-scoring swim from each athlete is counted.

• First: 24 points
• Second: 18 points
• Third: 12 points

Doha PERFORMANCE BONUSES:

This time around, Atkinson and Morozov topped the performance bonus list, which included a second-consecutive tie for 3rd on the women’s side:

Women:

1. Alia Atkinson, 50 breast – 28.98 (981 FINA points)
2. Rie Kaneto, 200 breast – 2:15.76 (973 FINA points)
3. Jeanette Ottesen, 100 free – 51.58 (961 FINA points)

Men:

1. Daiya Seto, 200 fly – 1:49.84 (965 FINA points)
2. Chad le Clos, 200 fly – 1:49.93 (963 FINA points)
3. Marco Koch, 200 breast – 2:02.13 (960 FINA points)

Here are the full point standings:

WORLD CUP POINTS – Cluster 2

Women:

Men:

Current Overall Series Leaders

Women:

Men: