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2005–06 FINA Swimming World Cup
The 2005–06 FINA Swimming World Cup was series of eight international Short course (swimming), short course Swimming (sport), swimming meets organized by FINA which took place from November 2005 through February 2006. The overall winners for the series were Ryk Neethling of South Africa (male) and Therese Alshammar of Sweden (female). Meets Event winners *WR denotes World Record *WC denotes World Cup Record 50 m freestyle 100 m freestyle 200 m freestyle 400 m freestyle 1500m (men)/800m (women) freestyle {, class=wikitable width=100% !colspan="2", Men !!rowspan="2", Meet !!colspan="2", Women , - !Winner (Nationality) , , Time !!Winner (Nationality) , , Time , - , Dragoş Coman (Romania) , , align=center, 14:41.41 , align=center, #1: Durban , Camelia Potec (Romania) , , align=center, 8:30.11 , - , Park Tae-Hwan (South Korea) , , align=center, 14:44.87 , align=center, #2: Sydney , Sarah Paton (Australia) , , align=center, 8:26.60 , - , Yu Jeong-Nam (South K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FINA Swimming World Cup
The World Aquatics Swimming World Cup (formerly known as the FINA Swimming World Cup) is an international series of swimming meets organized by World Aquatics (the international governing body formerly known as FINA). Launched in 1988, the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup is staged between August and November every year and attracts a high level of athletes due to the considerable prize money on offer. The event is traditionally held in short course (25m pool) format, with a switch to long course (50m pool) format in pre-Olympics years. Prior to the COVID hiatus in 2020 the event was being held in three clusters, totaling seven three day meets across seven different locations with prize money reaching US$2.5 million. The event resumed in 2021 as four meets each of three days duration, and the 2023 edition was staged as three meets each of three days duration. The event is popular with prominent swimmers due to the prize money on offer. In 2022, a total of US$1.2 million was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |