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Le Clos wins the FINA Swimming World Cup─── 10:18 Mon, 03 Nov 2014
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu and South Africa’s Chad Le Clos were the overall winners of the FINA/MASTBANK Swimming World Cup 2014 which concluded today November 2 in Singapore, the concluding leg of the seven-meet Series.
The winners sparkled champagne to celebrate their victory and the prize money of 100,000 USD associated to it.
Today Hosszu added two more gold medals to her tally, bringing her total to an unprecedented 51 gold, a kind of world record in itself. She won also six silver and nine bronze: 66 medals overall.
Hosszu was very happy with herself: “I’m a little tired but I’m definitely happy this year. This victory means a lot to me as I’ve never dreamed of winning three times in a row. I don’t think I took on too many events. I’m not afraid to lose and I’m not afraid to try to win”.
Le Clos won one more gold, in the 100m butterfly, 27 in all. Today he went once again after a world record, but again barely missed it.
On his victory, Le Clos said: “It was a good race and I did it strategically. I think I’ll only get better by the end of the year. I was confident today and I believe I can get a world record (at the upcoming FINA World Swimming Championships in Doha). Singapore has always been a good place to race for me”.
The major player of the day was Spain’s Mireia Belmonte, who won three events – 400m IM, 200m butterfly, 400m freestyle -, in all of them leaving her Hungarian rival behind.
Happy Mireia commented on her performances in this way: “It was definitely difficult because I had three races in one hour. I tried to be the best that I can. Katinka [Hosszu] and I swim a lot of events together. She is a good swimmer and I like to race her when I can”.
The other great actor today was Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson who once more beat Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania, this time in the 50m breaststroke, and won also the 200m in a great time.
- FINA.
