{"id":19193,"date":"2008-10-15T09:48:40","date_gmt":"2008-10-15T14:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/uncategorized\/2008\/10\/fina-world-cup-to-commence-second-stage-in-south-africa\/"},"modified":"2014-07-27T22:12:19","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T05:12:19","slug":"fina-world-cup-to-commence-second-stage-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-world-cup-to-commence-second-stage-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"FINA World Cup to Commence Second Stage in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=http:\/\/www.universalsports.com\/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=23000&#038;KEY=&#038;SPID=11652&#038;SPSID=104284 target=_blank>Universal Sports Webcast Coverage of World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LAUSANNE, Switzerland, October 15. THE second stop of the FINA World Cup circuit opens up on Friday at the Kings Park Aquatic Center in Durban, South Africa.  The short course meter meet will run from Oct. 17-18.  Finals of the event will also be streamed LIVE and FREE via <a href=http:\/\/www.universalsports.com\/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=23000&#038;KEY=&#038;SPID=11652&#038;SPSID=104284 target=_blank>Universal Sports Webcast Coverage of World Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The top-ranked swimmers after stage one, which took place in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, last weekend are Australian Beijing Olympian Christian Sprenger, who had three breaststroke wins including the best male performance of the competition for the 100-meter (58.19 to garner 981 points), and fellow Australian Marieke Guehrer, the Athens Olympian who won three races including the best female performance for the 50-meter butterfly (25.63 for 991 points). 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