By Ben Dornan on SwimSwam
2021 FINA WORLD CUP STOP #3 – DOHA
- Thursday, October 21st – Saturday, October 23rd
- Hamad Aquatic Center, Doha, Qatar
- SCM (25m)
- Results
At the third meet of the 2021 FINA World Series in Doha, Qatar, 20 women, and 20 men earned prize money for their efforts. Only the swimmers’ top 3 events points-wise are worth anything for ranking purposes and the highest scoring swimmer is given $12,000, followed by $10,000 for second, and $8,000 for third.
In addition to those prizes at each meet, FINA will be awarding additional prize money at the end of the 4-stop series to the top 10 ranked swimmers including a grand prize of $100,000 to the women’s and men’s winners.
Kira Toussaint pulled off her first meet win of the 2021 FINA World Cup series in Doha, Qatar by scoring 58.3 points overall to edge out Emma McKeon who collected 55.9 points. Newcomer to the World Cup field in Doha Yuliya Efimova made a noticeable entrance, picking up 55.3 points.
Toussaint and Efimova both won 3 events in Doha, taking gold in the 50/100/200 back and breast, respectively, while Emma McKeon collected 100 free/100 fly gold and 50 freestyle silver.
McKeon’s countrymate Madi Wilson had a similar record at meet #3, taking the top spot in the 200 and 100 freestyles, and silver behind McKeon in the 100 freestyle. Wilson had a busy meet as she also race to a podium finish in the 50 free and 100 backstroke where she took bronze.
| Name | Points (Doha) | Prize Money (Doha) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NED | 58.3 | $12,000 | |
| 2 | AUS | 55.9 | $10,000 | |
| 3 | RUS | 55.3 | $8,000 | |
| 4 | AUS | 55 | $6,000 | |
| 5 | SUI | 54.3 | $5,500 | |
| 6 | NED | 52.7 | $5,400 | |
| 7 | SWE | 49.8 | $5,300 | |
| 8 | AUS | Holly Barratt | 48.6 | $5,200 |
| 9 | RSA | 45 | $5,100 | |
| 10 | ITA | 44 | $5,000 | |
| 11 | KOR | 41.9 | $4,900 | |
| 12 | AUS | 41.3 | $4,800 | |
| 13 | GER | 40.5 | $4,700 | |
| 14 | KOR | 39.9 | $4,600 | |
| 15 | BEL | 39.7 | $4,500 | |
| 16 | IRL | 38.5 | $4,400 | |
| 17 | KOR | 38.2 | $4,300 | |
| 18 | KOR | 37.8 | $4,200 | |
| 19 | KOR | 36.3 | $4,100 | |
| 20 | KOR | Haeun Jung | 34.9 | $4,000 |
On the men’s side, Daiya Seto had a dominant introduction to the 2021 World Cup Series by earning 4 gold medals in the 100 IM, 400 IM, 200 breast, and 200 fly. We topped the men’s points rankings by 2 and a half points and raked in the top prize of $12,000.
Berlin victor Arno Kamminga nearly pulled off another 50/100/200 breaststroke sweep but took silver in the 200 to Seto. His 50 and 100 wins contributed to a 55.9 point total at the meet to out-score South African star Matt Sates by just 0.2