FINA World Cup, Stockholm: Chad Le Clos Breaks $15,000; Earns Four More Checks

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, October 16. THE second day of finals is complete at the FINA World Cup stop in Stockholm, Sweden.

South Africa's Chad Le Clos added $7,000 to his coffers, which now amount to a circuit-leading $16,000 in cash prizes in just four days of action throughout the course of two meets of work. Germany's Marco Koch stands second with $6,000, while Austria's Dinko Jukic and Italy's Samuel Pizzetti round out the top four among the men with $4,000 each.

Despite throwing up a bagel this week in her home country, Sweden's Petra Granlund did enough in Dubai to remain in the money lead amongst the women with $5,500. Ukraine's Daryna Zevina stockpiled $5,000 in Dubai, while Japan's Izumi Kato took home $2,000 this weekend to also finish with $5,000 overall. Sweden's Therese Alshammar, Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom and Australia's Angie Bainbridge tallied $4,500 this weekend to tie for third in the winnings rankings.

Men's 1500 free
Faroe Islands' Pal Joensen raised his cash winnings to $2,000 this weekend with a victorious time of 14:52.00 in the metric mile. Meanwhile, Serbia's Stefan Sorak earned his second runner-up check of the weekend with a 15:06.57, while Brazil's Marcos Oliveira broke into the money with a third-place 15:13.19.

Great Britain's Matthew Johnson (15:13.21), Great Britain's Thomas Sunter (15:13.39), Spain's Miranda Marcos Rivera (15:23.45), China's Zhimim Feng (15:35.77) and Adam Paulsson (15:49.26) also competed in the championship heat.

Women's 100 free
Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom continued what has been a lucrative weekend for the hometown favorite. She cashed in $1,500 with a 52.44 for the win, bringing her overall tally to $3,500. That swim jumped to the top of the early season rankings, ahead of Ranomi Kromowidjojo's 52.88 from Dubai. Australia's Angie Bainbridge has also made some nice money in just two days of work. With a runner-up finish of 53.07, she upped her winnings to $3,000. Germany's Daniela Schreiber cashed her second third-place check of the weekend with a 53.26 for $1,000 overall.

Canada's Erica Morningstar (54.13), Sweden's Michelle Coleman (54.37), Sweden's Ida Marko Varga (54.41), Sweden's Gabriella Fagundez (54.58) and Magdalena Kuras (55.07) also swam for the title.

Men's 200 free
He may not be dominating the top of the medal stand like he did in Dubai, but South Africa's Chad Le Clos is laughing all the way to the bank as he continues to pile up wads of cash with top-three finishes. Le Clos increased his series-leading winnings to $12,500 with a second-place time of 1:43.80. Germany's Paul Biedermann, meanwhile, won the race with a 1:43.44 to increase his winnings this weekend to $3,000. That two swims are now 1-2 in the early season rankings, ahead of James Magnussen's 1:44.12 from July. Japan's Yuya Horihata broke into the money with a third-place 1:45.79 for $500.

Poland's Pawel Korzeniowski (1:46.16), Serbia's Velimir Stjepanovic (1:46.83), China's Zhang Zhongchao (1:48.54), Great Britain's Lewis Coleman (1:49.49) and Serbia's Stefan Sorak (1:54.64) rounded out the final field.

Women's 50 breast
Sweden's Jennie Johansson kept the ball rolling for the Swedish women with a victorious 30.05 in the sprint breast. That swim pushed Johansson's winnings tally to $3,000 for the weekend, and moved her to second in the early season rankings behind Leisel Jones' 29.92 from July. Korea's Kim Hye Jin finished second in 30.58, while Norway's Katharina Stiberg earned $500 with a third-place 31.29.

Australia's Sally Foster (31.35), Sweden's Joline Hostman (31.47), Korea's Darae Jeong (32.09), Ulrica Sandgren (32.26) and Jessica Eriksson (32.29) completed the top eight.

Men's 100 breast
Norway's Alexander Dale Oen put together a triumphant time of 58.30 in the event, grabbing the $1,500 for the win and pushing his earnings to $2,500 for the weekend. Dale Oen now stands second in the early season rankings behind Fabio Scozzoli's 57.44 from August. New Zealand's Glenn Snyders finished second in 58.47 to equal Dale Oen's winnings at $2,500 total, while Japan's Naoya Tomita picked up third-place honors with a 59.23 for $2,000 overall.

Japan's Kazuki Otsuka (59.68), Canada's Michael Brown (59.80), Norway's Aleksander Hetland (1:00.12), Canada's Paul Kornfeld (1:00.56) and Canada's Andrew Poznikoff (1:01.10) placed fourth through eighth.

Women's 400 IM
Japan's Izumi Kato became the third female to break $5,000 during the World Cup circuit with a runner-up finish in the distance medley. Kato finished with a 4:31.27 to tally $1,000 and move her overall winnings to $5,000. Hungary's Zsuzsanna Jakabos earned her first check with $1,500 for a first-place time of 4:29.65, while Hungary's Evelyn Verraszto placed third in 4:35.70. Jakabos jumped to the top of the early season rankings, ahead of Ellen Fullerton's 4:31.93 in July.

Sweden's Sara Thyden (4:38.83), Great Britain's Lucy Spencer (4:40.03), Korea's Kim Seo Yeong (4:42.38), Sweden's Ida Sandin (4:43.20) and Canada's Breanne Siwicki (4:51.68) also swam in the championship heat.

Men's 100 fly
South Africa's Chad Le Clos has become a money magnet so far during the FINA World Cup. For his second runner-up effort of the night, he claimed $1,000 with a 51.15 to increase his winnings to $13,500. USA's Tyler McGill, meanwhile, has had a profitable weekend. With $1,500 going his way after a winning time of 51.04, McGill pushed his earnings to $3,000. Australia's Geoff Huegill cashed $500 for a third-place 51.36 for $2,000 overall. All three podium times finished behind Le Clos' 50.66 from Dubai for the top time in the early season rankings.

Japan's Hidemasa Sano (51.64), Korea's Chang Gyu Cheol (52.26), Sweden's Lars Frolander (52.57), Serbia's Velimir Stjepanovic (53.41) and Great Britain's Braxston Timm (53.73) placed fourth through eighth.

Women's 100 back
Australia went 1-2 in the backstroke event with Rachel Goh (57.55) and Belinda Hocking (57.78) taking the top two spots. The two times cleared Goh's 57.99 from July to move to the top of the early season rankings. Goh pushed her winnings to $3,000 with the victory, while Hocking now owns $3,500 after two meets of work. Sweden's Michelle Coleman cashed her first check with a third-place 59.95.

Norway's Ingvild Snildal (1:00.23), Canada's Brooklynn Snodgrass (1:00.57), Ida Lindborg (1:00.89), Canada's Chantal Van Landeghem (1:01.22) and Switzerland's Ivanna Gabrilo (1:01.36) rounded out the finale.

Men's 50 back
Switzerland's Flori Lang pocketed the top check with a triumphant time of 24.46, for his first cash of the meet. Niklas Borin touched second in 25.01, while Norway's Lavrans Solli picked up third in 25.08.

Hungary's David Verraszto (25.28), Sebastian Holmberg (25.30), Norway's Sverre Naess (25.52), Alexander Nystrom (25.61) and Pontus Palmqvist (25.97) also vied for the crown.

Women's 200 fly
China's Gong Jie took home $1,500 after capturing the distance fly crown in 2:03.91. Korea's Choi Hye Ra moved to $1,500 overall with a second-place time of 2:04.24, while Sweden's Martina Granstrom placed third in 2:05.59. Those top three times cleared the previous top-ranked time in the early season rankings of 2:06.27 by Jessicah Schipper in July.

Sweden's Ida Marko Varga (2:07.54), Hungary's Zsuzsanna Jakabos (2:08.13), Sweden's Petra Granlund (2:08.67), Sweden's Ida Sandin (2:15.05) and Ebba Rosenquist (2:16.74) placed fourth through eighth.

Men's 200 IM
South Africa's Chad Le Clos nearly cleared $15,000 in four days of work with his third runner-up finish of the evening. With $1,000 for a second-place time of 1:54.93, Le Clos improved his top earnings tally to $14,500. Japan's Daiya Seto knocked off Le Clos with a winning time of 1:54.65 to grab $2,500 overall. Japan's Hidemasa Sano placed third in 1:55.01 for $2,000 overall in the series. Seto moved to second in the early season rankings behind Kenneth To's 1:54.38 from July.

Sweden's Simon Sjodin (1:56.80), Australia's Kenneth To (1:58.07), Japan's Yuma Kosaka (1:58.17), Japan's Kazuki Otsuka (1:59.74) and Great Britain's Lewis Coleman (2:02.08) made up the rest of the finale.

Women's 400 free
Australia's Angie Bainbridge and Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom parlayed their first and second place finishes to $4,500 in overall prize winnings. Bainbridge topped the middle distance event with a 4:03.02 for $1,500, while Sjostrom turned in a second-place time of 4:03.60. Great Britain's Eleanor Faulkner rounded out the podium with a $500 4:04.13 to move to $1,500 overall.

Great Britain's Rebecca Turner (4:10.81), Sweden's Gabriella Fagundez (4:10.89), Rebecka Ekelund (4:15.24), Sweden's Elsa Ericsson (4:17.04) and Vilma Ekstrom (4:23.56) touched fourth through eighth.

Men's 50 free
Sweden's Stefan Nystrand touched out Canada's Brent Hayden, 21.70 to 21.76, for the big $1,500 check. Nystrand improved to $3,000 in winnings, while Hayden now has $2,000 with a pair of runner-up finishes. Sweden's Petter Stymne became the 47th man to earn a pay check in four days of racing with a $500 21.82.

Australia's Eamon Sullivan (21.88), Australia's Matthew Abood (21.93), USA's Tyler McGill (22.00) and China's Shi Yang (22.04) finished fourth through seventh, while Australia's Kenneth To scratched.

Women's 200 breast
After posting a winning 2:21, China's Sun Ye drew a disqualification in the distance breaststroke event. Korea's Kim Hye Jin enjoyed the extra $500 by touching out Sweden's Joline Hostman, 2:22.41 to 2:22.47, for the victory. Korea's Darae Jeong slid into third with a $500 2:22.59. Lisa Fissneider had led the early season rankings with a 2:22.45 in Italy in August.

Australia's Sally Foster (2:23.16), Russia's Irina Novikova (2:23.95), Korea's Su Yeon Back (2:25.56) and Sweden's Elin Martensson (2:27.51) comprised the rest of the championship heat.

Women's 100 IM
Germany's Theresa Michalak cashed her first check of the weekend with a $1,500 prize after winning the sprint medley with a 59.30. Canada's Erica Morningstar added $1,000 to her gold-medal prize from day one to move to $2,500 after a second-place 59.39. Japan's Kanako Watanabe finished third with a 1:01.30. Michalak and Morningstar joined Laura Letrari (59.97) as the only swimmers to break 1:00 in the early season rankings.

Sweden's Sara Thyden (1:01.74), Hungary's Evelyn Verraszto (1:01.93), Russia's Maria Ugolkova (1:02.20) and Norway's Katharina Stiberg (1:02.27) earned the rest of the final finishes.

Men's 200 back
South Africa's Chad Le Clos closed out a strong day of moneymaking as he went four-for-four in medal opportunities. Le Clos won the distance dorsal with a 1:54.33, touching out Brazil's Leonardo Fim's 1:54.43. That swim gave Le Clos $16,000 total in four days of work, averaging $4,000 each finals session he has taken part in. Switzerland's Lukas Rauftlin wound up third in 1:56.08.

Sweden's Mattias Carlsson (1:57.78), Great Britain's David Gregory (1:58.35), Axel Pettersson (2:01.07) and Norway's Lavrans Solli (2:01.28) placed fourth through seventh, while Hungary's David Verraszto drew a disqualification.

Women's 50 fly
Sweden's Therese Alshammar went three-for-three in her home country with a 25.23 to win the sprint fly, picking up $4,500 for a weekend's worth of work. China's Lu Ying touched second in 25.42, while Norway's Ingvild Snildal placed third in 26.27.

Sweden's Louise Hansson (26.42), Canada's Chantal Van Landeghem (27.34), Therese Nord (27.67), Sweden's Celine Bertrand (27.67) and Ebba Rosenquist (28.05) also competed in the finale.

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