{"id":336340,"date":"2018-11-05T12:01:14","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T19:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=336340"},"modified":"2018-11-05T12:01:14","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T19:01:14","slug":"sarah-sjostrom-and-vladimir-morozov-on-top-of-fina-world-cup-rankings-after-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sarah-sjostrom-and-vladimir-morozov-on-top-of-fina-world-cup-rankings-after-beijing\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Sjostrom and Vladimir Morozov on top of FINA World Cup Rankings After Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> of Hungary and Russia&#8217;s<strong> Vladimir Morozov<\/strong> were the most decorated athletes with a total of 4 gold medals apiece this weekend in the Beijing Water Cube, as the venue staged the first leg of the third and final FINA Swimming World Cup 2018 Cluster.<\/p>\n<p>After winning the 100\/200 and 400m IM as well as the 200m fly, Hosszu is now closer to <strong>Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong> (SWE) who leads the overall ranking with 237 points (against 222 for Hosszu). Sjostrom claimed two golds in Beijing, the 50m fly (25:03) and the 100m fly (55.58).<\/p>\n<p>The Swedish ace was defeated by her biggest rival <strong>Ranomi Kromowidjojo<\/strong> (NED) in the 50 and 100m free. The Dutch legend grabbed the two gold medals at stake in 23.48 and 51.51 respectively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yulia Efimova<\/strong> (RUS) topped the 100 and 200m breast in 1:03.09 and 2:16.98 respectively. Other winners amongst the women&#8217;s competition in Beijing were <strong>Femke Heemskerk<\/strong> (NED) in the 200m freestyle (1:52.22) and teammate <strong>Kira Toussaint<\/strong> in the 50m back (26.21). 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