LAUSANNE, Switzerland, November 14. WITH just days until the Berlin, Germany stop of the World Cup, FINA sent out its latest World Cup leaderboard update.
The United States' Randall Bal put himself in perfect position for a big payday when he pushed his leading total to 120 points, almost doubling up nearest competitor Nikolay Skvortsov of Russia (65 points). South Africa's Gerhard Zandberg moved into third place with 40 points after a busy meet in Stockholm.
The women saw a leader-change as Sweden's Therese Alshammar finally overtook idle Natalie Coughlin of the United States. With Coughlin on hiatus until the final meet in Belo Horizonte, Alshammar made her move over the past few meets to take a 90-70 lead over the American. Sweden's Josefin Lillhage remained third with 37 points.
While there are various other event-win and world-record bonuses included in the prize money allocated for the World Cup series, the overall winners receive $100,000, while those placing second and third overall will receive $50,000 and $30,000, respectively.