2024 WORLD AQUATICS SWIMMING WORLD CUP – INCHEON
After a quick weekend of racing in Incheon, the mud has lastly settled on the second cease of the 2024 World Cup and a number of other swimmers are strolling away from the meet with extra cash of their pockets.
On the lads’s aspect, Noe Ponti improved upon his runner-up efficiency in Shanghai to win the $12,000 first place bonus over Leon Marchand by .1. Marchand, who gained the leaderboard in Shanghai will take house $10,000 for his effort in ending 2nd. Each swimmers swept their occasions in Incheon, however Ponti in the end received the upper-hand along with his occasions coming nearer to the present world data in his occasions.
Much like the story on the lads’s aspect, the highest two finishers on the ladies’s aspect from Shanghai flipped their end right here, with American Regan Smith main Kate Douglass by .2. Although the pair have been extraordinarily shut by way of a lot of the meet, Smith’s American File within the 200 backstroke sealed the deal for her, particularly with Douglass scratching the 200 IM on Saturday. Theoretically, if Douglass had determined to swim the 200 IM in Incheon, she nonetheless would’ve wanted to be considerably quicker than she was within the occasion in Shanghai to beat Smith. With the intention to beat Smith outright for the title, Douglass would have needed to have posted a time of two:02.64 based mostly on her different level totals, however she was solely 2:04.09 in Shanghai. With Douglass’ finest time standing at a 2:02.12, she might need had an opportunity, however Smith definitely made herself arduous to beat along with her performances.
Each Douglass and Smith broke particular person World Information in Incheon as nicely, with Douglass breaking the mark within the 200 breast and Smith taking down the 100 again. With that, they may every stroll away from the meet with a $10,000 world file bonus along with their different earnings.
In accordance with the newest construction of the World Cup, the highest 20 athletes for each genders will take house prize cash from their efficiency in Incheon. Although Douglass and Smith have been awarded bonuses for breaking the world data of their respective occasions, not one of the athletes acquired cash for profitable a person occasion on the meet. As a substitute, further bonuses will likely be awarded to athletes who sweep an occasion throughout all 3 stops of the competitors. With the ultimate cease slated to happen subsequent week, a number of of these bonuses have the potential to be handed out. As well as, it appears doubtless that both Smith or Douglass/Marchand or Ponti will stroll away with the $100,000 collection bonus.
Males’s Standings/Earnings – Incheon
| Rank | Identify | Nation | Rating Factors | Cash Earned (Rating) | World File Bonus | Complete Cash |
| 1 | PONTI Noe | SUI | 58.2 | $12,000 | $0 | $12,000 |
| 2 | MARCHAND Leon | FRA | 58.1 | $10,000 | $0 | $10,000 |
| 3 | COETZE Pieter | RSA | 56.9 | $8,000 | $0 | $8,000 |
| 4 | QIN Haiyang | CHN | 55.9 | $6,000 | $0 | $6,000 |
| 5 | SCOTT Duncan | GBR | 54.5 | $5,500 | $0 | $5,500 |
| 6 | PAN Zhanle | CHN | 52.3 | $5,400 | $0 | $5,400 |
| 7 | COOPER Isaac | AUS | 48.6 | $5,300 | $0 | $5,300 |
| 8 | STOKOWSKI Kacper | POL | 46.8 | $5,200 | $0 | $5,200 |
| 9 | SHYMANOVICH Ilya | NIA | 45.8 | $5,100 | $0 | $5,100 |
| 10 | KORSTANJE Nyls | NED | 45.3 | $5,000 | $0 | $5,000 |
| 11 | SETO Daiya | JPN | 44.9 | $4,900 | $0 | $4,900 |
| 12 | CORBEAU Caspar | NED | 44.1 | $4,800 | $0 | $4,800 |
| 13 | RAZZETTI Alberto | ITA | 43.6 | $4,700 | $0 | $4,700 |
| 14 | RAPSYS Danas | LTU | 43.4 | $4,600 | $0 | $4,600 |
| 15 | SMITH Kieran | USA | 43.3 | $4,500 | $0 | $4,500 |
| 16 | CECCON Thomas | ITA | 42.9 | $4,400 | $0 | $4,400 |
| 17 | YONG Joshua | AUS | 42.8 | $4,300 | $0 | $4,300 |
| 18 | KUSCH Marius | GER | 39.3 | $4,200 | $0 | $4,200 |
| 19 | CLAREBURT Lewis | NZL | 35.5 | $4,100 | $0 | $4,100 |
| 20 | ZIRK Kregor | EST | 34.9 | $4,000 | $0 | $4,000 |
| 21 | JACK Jamie | AUS | 33.6 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 22 | DAHLGREN Jack | USA | 32 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 23 | HWANG Sunwoo | KOR | 30.9 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 24 | le CLOS Chad | RSA | 30.7 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 25 | JULIAN Trenton | USA | 30.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 26 | JI Yuchan | KOR | 30 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 27 | SZARANEK Mark | GBR | 30 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 28 | CHOI Dongyeol | KOR | 28.9 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 29 | KIM Junwoo | KOR | 27.7 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 30 | ROBB Enoch | AUS | 27.7 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 31 | MINAKOV Andrei | NIA | 25.2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 32 | COLLETT Joshua | AUS | 24.7 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 33 | BOLLIN Thierry | SUI | 23.9 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 34 | SONG Imgyu | CLB | 23.8 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 35 | LEE Hojoon | KOR | 23.6 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 36 | TRIBUNTSOV Ralf | EST | 22.8 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 37 | ANDREW Michael | USA | 22.6 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 38 | MORA Lorenzo | ITA | 22.3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 39 | KIM Youngbeom | CLB | 22.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 40 | DOLAN Jack | USA | 22 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 41 | PEKARSKI Grigori | NIA | 21.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 42 | SIDLAUSKAS Andrius | LTU | 18.7 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 43 | IMAFUKU Kazushi | JPN | 14.9 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 44 | CLARK Charlie | USA | 13.8 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 45 | KIM Jihun | KOR | 13.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 46 | LEE Juho | KOR | 13.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 47 | KIM Woomin | KOR | 12.9 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 48 | CHO Sung Jae | KOR | 12.8 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 48 | MIROSLAW Rafael | GER | 12.8 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 48 | TEMPLE Matthew | AUS | 12.8 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 51 | TSUJIMORI Kaito | JPN | 12.7 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 52 | MOON Seungwoo | CLB | 12.2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 53 | LELLO Bailey | AUS | 11.8 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 54 | COLEMAN Jesse | AUS | 11.7 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 55 | CHILLINGWORTH Adam John | HKG | 11.6 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 56 | HO Ian Yentou | HKG | 11.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 56 | YANG Jaehoon | KOR | 11.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 58 | TEONG Tzen Wei | SGP | 10.7 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 59 | GOEDEMANS Benjamin | AUS | 10.6 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 60 | GILBERT Josh | NZL | 10.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 61 | MARTINENGHI Nicolo | ITA | 10.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 62 | YOO Kibeen | CLB | 9.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 63 | CARTER Dylan | TTO | 9.4 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 63 | CHENG Reagan | SGP | 9.4 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 65 | WON June | CLB | 9.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 66 | NOH Minkyu | CLB | 8.9 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 67 | WANG Yi Shun | HKG | 8 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 68 | LEE Hyeonbin | CLB | 7.9 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Ladies’s Standings/Earnings – Incheon
| Rank | Identify | Nation | Rating Factors | Cash Earned (Rating) | World File Bonus | Complete Cash |
| 1 | SMITH Regan | USA | 59.4 | $12,000 | $10,000 | $22,000 |
| 2 | DOUGLASS Kate | USA | 59.2 | $10,000 | $10,000 | $20,000 |
| 3 | HAUGHEY Siobhan Bernadette | HKG | 56 | $8,000 | $0 | $8,000 |
| 4 | HARVEY Mary-Sophie | CAN | 55.7 | $6,000 | $0 | $6,000 |
| 5 | YU Yiting | CHN | 53.6 | $5,500 | $0 | $5,500 |
| 6 | TANG Qianting | CHN | 51.8 | $5,400 | $0 | $5,400 |
| 7 | WILM Ingrid | CAN | 49.2 | $5,300 | $0 | $5,300 |
| 8 | WASICK Katarzyna | POL | 48.4 | $5,200 | $0 | $5,200 |
| 9 | PRICE Lily | AUS | 47.1 | $5,100 | $0 | $5,100 |
| 10 | KINDER Tara | AUS | 46.8 | $5,000 | $0 | $5,000 |
| 11 | ZMUSHKA Alina | NIA | 45.6 | $4,900 | $0 | $4,900 |
| 12 | NELSON Beata | USA | 44.3 | $4,800 | $0 | $4,800 |
| 13 | JANSEN Milla | AUS | 43.9 | $4,700 | $0 | $4,700 |
| 14 | LAHTINEN Laura | FIN | 43.4 | $4,600 | $0 | $4,600 |
| 15 | CASTELLUZZO Brittany | AUS | 43.4 | $4,500 | $0 | $4,500 |
| 16 | YANG Junxuan | CHN | 42.8 | $4,400 | $0 | $4,400 |
| 17 | SHKURDAI Anastasiya | NIA | 41.8 | $4,300 | $0 | $4,300 |
| 18 | KOBORI Waka | JPN | 41.7 | $4,200 | $0 | $4,200 |
| 19 | PARK Sieun | KOR | 39.5 | $4,100 | $0 | $4,100 |
| 20 | HANSSON Louise | SWE | 39.1 | $4,000 | $0 | $4,000 |
| 21 | JUNEVIK Sara | SWE | 37.6 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 22 | ANGUS Sophie | CAN | 36.8 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 23 | HANSSON Sophie | SWE | 36.2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 24 | HIRAI Mizuki | JPN | 34.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 25 | TRNIKOVA Nikoleta | SVK | 34 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 26 | NG Lai Wa | HKG | 33.9 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 27 | GRANT Bella | AUS | 31.8 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 28 | LI Sum Yiu | HKG | 31.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 29 | PODMANIKOVA Andrea | SVK | 31 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 30 | PILATO Benedetta | ITA | 30.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 31 | JO Hyunju | KOR | 25.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 32 | LEE Hee Eun | KOR | 22.2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 33 | FREDERICKS Hannah Jane | AUS | 21.7 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 34 | BOYD Isabella | AUS | 21.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 35 | KIM Seoyeong | KOR | 21.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 36 | MOON Sehyun | CLB | 19.9 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 37 | KO Haru | KOR | 19.6 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 38 | SONG Jaeyun | CLB | 18.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 39 | KIM Chaeyun | KOR | 17.4 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 40 | HWANG Nahee | CLB | 16.2 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 41 | HAN Dakyung | KOR | 13 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 42 | PARK Sujin | CLB | 12.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 43 | HUR Yeonkyung | KOR | 12.3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 44 | KULIASHOVA Anastasiya | NIA | 11.6 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 45 | KIM Seungwon | KOR | 11.4 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 46 | KIM Hyejin | CLB | 11 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 47 | LEE Received | CLB | 10.9 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 48 | JEONG Soeun | KOR | 10.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 49 | LEE Yunjung | CLB | 9.9 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 50 | HONG Junghwa | CLB | 9.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 51 | LEE Seoyeon | CLB | 9.4 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 52 | AMGALAN Altannar | MGL | 9.3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 53 | LEE Eunji | KOR | 9.1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 54 | KIM Sewon | CLB | 8.7 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 55 | PARK Jihoo | CLB | 8.5 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 56 | LEE Chaeyeong | CLB | 8.4 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Total Prize Cash Via 2/3 Stops
Males
| Rank | Identify | Nation | Complete Cash – Shanghai | Complete Cash – Incheon |
Complete Cash – Collection So Far |
| 1 | PONTI Noe | SUI | $20,000 | $12,000 | $32,000 |
| 2 | MARCHAND Leon | FRA | $12,000 | $10,000 | $22,000 |
| 3 | QIN Haiyang | CHN | $8,000 | $6,000 | $14,000 |
| 4 | COETZE Pieter | RSA | $5,500 | $8,000 | $13,500 |
| 5 | SCOTT Duncan | GBR | $6,000 | $5,500 | $11,500 |
| 6 | COOPER Isaac | AUS | $5,100 | $5,300 | $10,400 |
| 7 | SHYMANOVICH Ilya | NIA | $5,300 | $5,100 | $10,400 |
| 8 | KORSTANJE Nyls | NED | $5,200 | $5,000 | $10,200 |
| 9 | CECCON Thomas | ITA | $5,400 | $4,400 | $9,800 |
| 10 | STOKOWSKI Kacper | POL | $4,400 | $5,200 | $9,600 |
| 11 | RAZZETTI Alberto | ITA | $4,900 | $4,700 | $9,600 |
| 12 | CORBEAU Caspar | NED | $4,500 | $4,800 | $9,300 |
| 13 | YONG Joshua | AUS | $5,000 | $4,300 | $9,300 |
| 14 | SMITH Kieran | USA | $4,700 | $4,500 | $9,200 |
| 15 | KUSCH Marius | GER | $4,600 | $4,200 | $8,800 |
| 16 | CLAREBURT Lewis | NZL | $4,000 | $4,100 | $8,100 |
| 17 | PAN Zhanle | CHN | $0 | $5,400 | $5,400 |
| 18 | SETO Daiya | JPN | $0 | $4,900 | $4,900 |
| 19 | CARTER Dylan | TTO | $4,800 | $0 | $4,800 |
| 20 | RAPSYS Danas | LTU | $0 | $4,600 | $4,600 |
| 21 | JULIAN Trenton | USA | $4,300 | $0 | $4,300 |
| 22 | GUY James | GBR | $4,200 | 0 | $4,200 |
| 23 | TEMPLE Matthew | AUS | $4,100 | $0 | $4,100 |
| 24 | ZIRK Kregor | EST | $4,000 | $4,000 |
Ladies
| Rank | Identify | Nation | Complete Cash – Incheon | Complete Cash – Shanghai | Complete Cash |
| 1 | SMITH Regan | USA | $22,000 | 10000 | $32,000 |
| 2 | DOUGLASS Kate | USA | $20,000 | 12000 | $32,000 |
| 3 | HAUGHEY Siobhan Bernadette | HKG | $8,000 | 8000 | $16,000 |
| 4 | HARVEY Mary-Sophie | CAN | $6,000 | 5500 | $11,500 |
| 5 | YU Yiting | CHN | $5,500 | 6000 | $11,500 |
| 6 | TANG Qianting | CHN | $5,400 | 5400 | $10,800 |
| 7 | WASICK Katarzyna | POL | $5,200 | 5000 | $10,200 |
| 7 | ZMUSHKA Alina | NIA | $4,900 | 5300 | $10,200 |
| 9 | WILM Ingrid | CAN | $5,300 | 4800 | $10,100 |
| 10 | NELSON Beata | USA | $4,800 | 5100 | $9,900 |
| 11 | LAHTINEN Laura | FIN | $4,600 | 5200 | $9,800 |
| 12 | PRICE Lily | AUS | $5,100 | 4100 | $9,200 |
| 13 | SHKURDAI Anastasiya | NIA | $4,300 | 4700 | $9,000 |
| 14 | YANG Junxuan | CHN | $4,400 | 4400 | $8,800 |
| 15 | HANSSON Louise | SWE | $4,000 | 4200 | $8,200 |
| 16 | KINDER Tara | AUS | $5,000 | 0 | $5,000 |
| 17 | Rebecca Meder | RSA | $0 | 4900 | $4,900 |
| 18 | JANSEN Milla | AUS | $4,700 | 0 | $4,700 |
| 19 | Yaqi Kong | CHN | $0 | 4600 | $4,600 |
| 20 | CASTELLUZZO Brittany | AUS | $4,500 | 0 | $4,500 |
| 21 | Peng Xuwei | CHN | $0 | 4500 | $4,500 |
| 22 | Chen Luying | CHN | $0 | 4300 | $4,300 |
| 23 | KOBORI Waka | JPN | $4,200 | 0 | $4,200 |
| 24 | PARK Sieun | KOR | $4,100 | 0 | $4,100 |
| 25 | JUNEVIK Sara | SWE | $0 | 4000 | $4,000 |
How does the prize cash and scoring work?
Courtesy: Sophie Kaufman
Scoring System
Like earlier years, factors are awarded from the end order and how briskly the swim relies on the AQUA Energy Factors system.
| Place | 1st | 2nd | third | 4th | fifth | sixth | seventh | eighth |
| Factors | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Factors are awarded for pace by taking the variety of AQUA Energy Factors a swim is value, dividing by ten, and rounding all the way down to the closest tenth.
Prize Cash
Swimmers can race as many occasions as they need at every cease, however solely their three finest scores from a cease will likely be added collectively to find out their rating for the cease. At every cease, there’s a whole of $112,000 (USD) on provide for every gender or $672,000 for the entire collection. This is identical quantity as was out there in 2023 and 2022.
Prize cash for rankings at every cease is given by way of the highest 20 positions with women and men scored individually. If there’s a tie, the swimmer with the upper AQUA Energy Factors of their finest occasion in the course of the cease wins.
Prize Cash for Every Cease:
| Rating at Cease | Complete | Rating At Cease | Complete |
| 1 | $12,000 | 11 | $4,900 |
| 2 | $10,000 | 12 | $4,800 |
| 3 | $8,000 | 13 | $4,700 |
| 4 | $6,000 | 14 | $4,600 |
| 5 | $5,500 | 15 | $4,500 |
| 6 | $5,400 | 16 | $4,400 |
| 7 | $5,300 | 17 | $4,300 |
| 8 | $5,200 | 18 | $4,200 |
| 9 | $5,100 | 19 | $4,100 |
| 10 | $5,000 | 20 | $4,000 |
There may be additionally prize cash for the highest eight swimmers per gender on the finish of your entire collection. The winner of the lads’s and ladies’s standings will every earn $100,000. A complete of $262,000 will likely be awarded throughout the highest eight swimmers per gender on the finish of the collection. Once more, this is identical amount of cash that was on provide in 2023.
Prize Cash for Total Collection Rating:
| OVERALL RANK | TOTAL (USD) |
| 1 | $100,000 |
| 2 | $70,000 |
| 3 | $30,000 |
| 4 | $15,000 |
| 5 | $14,000 |
| 6 | $12,000 |
| 7 | $11,000 |
| 8 | $10,000 |
Complete Assured Prize Cash To Be Awarded
- Shanghai – $224,000 ($112,00 per gender)
- Incheon – $224,000 ($112,00 per gender)
- Singapore – $224,000 ($112,00 per gender)
- Total Collection Rankings – $524,000 ($262,000 per gender)
- Complete – $1,196,000
Further Prize Cash
Along with the assured prize cash from rankings on the finish of every cease and the top of the collection, swimmers can earn cash by breaking a world file or finishing a Triple Crown—profitable the identical occasion in any respect three stops.
Swimmers can choose up $10,000 USD for every world file and $10,000 for every Triple Crown. Final 12 months, Kaylee McKeown broke two world data on the World Cup collection, swimming 26.86 within the 50 backstroke and a 57.33 100 backstroke on the Budapest cease. There have been 20 Triple Crowns gained in 2023; 12 have been gained by girls as each girls’s freestyle, backstroke, and butterfly occasions have been Triple Crowns.
2023 Swimming World Cup Triple Crowns
Ladies:
- 50 freestyle — Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden
- 100 freestyle — Siobhan Haughey, Hong Kong
- 200 freestyle — Siobhan Haughey, Hong Kong
- 400 freestyle — Erika Fairweather, New Zealand
- 800/1500 freestyle — Lani Pallister, Australia
- 50 backstroke — Kaylee McKeown, Australia
- 100 backstroke — Kaylee McKeown, Australia
- 200 backstroke — Kaylee McKeown, Australia
- 200 breaststroke — Tes Schouten, Netherlands
- 50 butterfly — Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden
- 100 butterfly — Zhang Yufei, China
- 200 butterfly — Zhang Yufei, China
Males:
2023 Outcomes
McKeown and Qin Haiyang adopted up their exploits on the 2023 World Championships, the place they turned the primary swimmers to comb 50/100/200 of a stroke at a World Championships by profitable the 2023 Swimming World Cup.
McKeown claimed the ladies’s trophy win 177.4 factors forward of Siobhan Haughey (166.4) and Zhang Yufei (166.2). Over the three stops of the 2023 World Cup, McKeown earned three backstroke Triple Crowns, broke two world data, and lowered the backstroke World Cup data every time she swam.
Qin gained the lads’s desk with 175.4 factors, with Thomas Ceccon (167.9) and Matthew Sates (166.8) ending second and third. Qin earned three breaststroke Triple Crowns, setting World Cup data within the 50 and 200 breast on the first cease of the collection in Berlin.
Whereas not all the time the case, in 2023 the World Cup general winners additionally earned essentially the most prize cash all through the collection. Qin earned $166,000 whereas McKeown topped all swimmers with $186,000.
