Lausanne SUI - Ryk Neethling (RSA) and Therese Alshammar (SWE) are the overall winners of the 2005/2006 FINA Swimming World Cup, taking each US$ 50,000 in prize money. The South African star (16 race victories in five meets) was also the winner of the 2004/2005 season, while Alshammar had her best World Cup results ever. Neethling win was possible thanks to his result in the men's 100m individual medley (51.81, 1089 points) in Sydney; for the Swedish swimmer, her time of 25.78 (1026 points) in the 50m butterfly in New York was enough to beat her challengers. Also in the women's field, Anna-Karin Kammerling (SWE) was second, after being the winner in the 2004/2005 season.
The eighth and final meet of the 2005/2006 FINA Swimming World Cup was held in Belo Horizonte (BRA) from February 10-12 and had in Camelia Potec (ROM) and Staciana Winfield (USA) the stars of the competition with three victories each.
The Brazilian swimmers (namely Kaio Almeida and Thiago Pereira) were also in evidence, taking nine gold medals.
| Winners of the 2005/2006 FINA Swimming World Cup | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | |||||
| 1. Therese Alshammar (SWE) | 1026 | 50m butterfly | 25.78 | New York | US$ 50,000 |
| 2. Anna-Karin Kammerling (SWE) | 1018 | 50m butterfly | 25.85 | Berlin | US$ 30,000 |
| 3. Marleen Veldhuis (NED) | 1015 | 50m free | 24.07 | Durban | US$ 20,000 |
| Men | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Ryk Neethling (RSA) | 1089 | 100m ind. medley | 51.81 | Sydney | US$ 50,000 |
| 2. Oleg Lisogor (UKR) | 1063 | 50m breaststroke | 26.17 | Berlin | US$ 30,000 |
| 3. Peter Marshall (USA) | 1044 | 50m backstroke | 23.39 | New York | US$ 20,000 |
FINA SWIMMING WORLD CUP 2005/2006
8th Meet - February 10-12, 2006 in Belo Horizonte (BRA)
| WOMEN | MEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 50m free | Rebeca Gusmao (BRA) 24.71 | Nicholas Santos (BRA) 21.81 |
| 100m free | Rebeca Gusmao (BRA) 54.08 | Brent Hayden (CAN) 48.08 |
| 200m free | Camelia Potec (ROM) 1:58.34 | Brent Hayden (CAN) 1:44.85 |
| 400m free | Camelia Potec (ROM) 4:07.52 | Dragos Coman (ROM) 3:49.25 |
| 800m free (W) | Camelia Potec (ROM) 8:38.37 | |
| 1500m free (M) | Dragos Coman (ROM) 15:13.40 | |
| 50m back | Janine Pietsch (GER) 27.25 | Thomas Rupprath (GER) 24.17 |
| 100m back | Janine Pietsch (GER) 1:00.14 | Thomas Rupprath (GER) 52.30 |
| 200m back | Carin Moller (SWE) 2:09.66 | Arkady Vyatchanin (RUS) 1:53.08 |
| 50m breast | Staciana Winfield (USA) 31.17 | Eduardo Fischer (BRA) 27.59 |
| 100m breast | Staciana Winfield (USA) 1:07.22 | Henrique Barbosa (BRA) 59.82 |
| 200m breast | Staciana Winfield (USA) 2:26.96 | Scott Dickens (CAN) 2:12.17 |
| 50m butterfly | Johanna Sjoberg (SWE) 26.89 | Kaio Almeida (BRA) 23.30 |
| 100m fly | Irina Bespalova (RUS) 59.09 | Kaio Almeida (BRA) 51.75 |
| 200m fly | Keri-Leigh Shaw (RSA) 2:11.51 | Anatoly Polyakov (RUS) 1:56.31 |
| 100m IM | Svetlana Karpeeva (RUS) 1:01.61 | Ryk Neethling (RSA) 53.72 |
| 200m IM | Nicole Hetzer (GER) 2:13.88 | Thiago Pereira (BRA) 1:56.67 |
| 400m IM | Nicole Hetzer (GER) 4:41.59 | Thiago Pereira (BRA) 4:18.69 |
WORLD AND WORLD CUP RECORDS in the 2005/2006 series
World Records
World Cup Records