Jamaican double world record holder Alia Atkinson placed an overall 5th on the money list at the end of the FINA/Airweave Swimming World Cup Series which ended on Sunday in Singapore.
Atkinson doubled up on her 100m breaststroke victory from day 1 of the final meet by winning the 50m breaststroke on Sunday to walk away with an overall $50,400. This after pocketing a total of $25,000 in cluster bonuses.
Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom, the 2017 women’s champion, was the highest earner (male and female) overall in the World Cup Series after pocketing $371,700 dollars after a stunning $285,000 in bonuses, $150,000 of which she received as series bonus.
Atkinson, who missed out on the series bonus, claimed $10,000 in bonus from Cluster One, $10,000 also from Cluster Two and $5000 in bonus at the end of the third and final cluster.
2017 men’s champion Chad le Clos of South Africa took home $328,100.
Four other swimmers cracked six figures in winnings. Katinka Hosszu made $276,500, Vladimir Morozov $233,400, Kirill Prigoda $161,200 and Ranomi Kromowidjojo $154,000.