DURBAN, South Africa, October 17. THE seven-stop FINA World Cup Series begins this weekend with a two-day stint in Durban, South Africa. The short course meter meet will take place at the Kings Aquatic Center from Oct. 19-20.<\/p>\n
Several top swimmers like Russia's Arkady Vyatchanin, the United States' Randall Bal, Sweden's Therese Alshammar, Australia's Sophie Edington and South Africa's Melissa Corfe are confirmed to compete in the first stop.<\/p>\n
"The FINA\/ARENA Swimming World Cup event is a key aspect for our swimmers as they get the chance of international competition in the build up to next year's Olympic Games in Beijing," said Swimming South Africa President Jace Naidoo.<\/p>\n
Top cash prizes will be made available throughout the series. According to FINA, "a total of US$360,000 will be distributed to the winners, while an additional maximum of US$50,000 is reserved for world record breakers. The overall SWC winners receive US$100,000, while those placing second and third place overall receive US$50,000 and US$30,000, respectively. But sums ranging from US$500 to US$1,500 are also distributed to the winners of each of the 34 races at all seven meets, which gives an additional amount of US$714,000 (US$102,000 per meet)."<\/p>\n
SwimmingWorldMagazine.com<\/b> will provide complete coverage of each event, while WCSN.com<\/b> will be broadcasting each stage of the competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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