Le Clos, Alshammar win Arena World Cup
2011-11-14
Editorial Office
Chad Le Clos (RSA) and Therese Alshammar (SWE) won the Arena World Cup at the end of the Tokyo round of the series

Chad Le Clos (RSA) and Therese Alshammar (SWE) won the Arena World Cup at the end of the Tokyo round of the series on Sunday.

The World Cup leaderboard:

MEN
1. Chad Le Clos (RSA) US$100,000
2. Hidemasa Sano (JPN) $50,000
3. Marco Koch (GER) $30,000

WOMEN
1. Therese Alshammar (SWE) $100,000
2. Melissa Franklin (USA) $50,000*
3. Choi Hye Ra (KOR) $30,000

* - Franklin, who earned a $10,000 world record bonus for her 2:00.03 200m backstroke victory in Berlin, will not accept any of the money to keep open her option of racing for a college under American 'amateur' NCAA rules that prevent athletes from earning money from their sports achievements - in the way that FINA and national federations operated until the mid to late 1980s, when reality kicked in.