OFFICIAL TIMEKEEPER SERIES SPONSOR
ABOUT THE SERIES ANNUAL EVENT 7-9 STOPS Created in 1988, the competition gathers the best swimmers in a series of meets organised between August and November each year. Normally across seven to nine locations, the circuit is structured in clusters and distributes a total of prize money reaching over 2.5 Million
7 LEGS IN 2018 STAGED AROUND THE GLOBE IN 3 CLUSTERS 3DAYS EVENT 30 TH EDITION
2018 CALENDAR KAZAN (RUS) 07.09-09.09 DOHA (QAT) 13.09-15.09 1ST CLUSTER EINDHOVEN (NED) 28.09-30.09 BUDAPEST (HUN) 04.10-06.10 2ND CLUSTER BEIJING (CHN) 02.11-04.11 TOKYO (JPN) 09.11-11.11 SINGAPORE (SGP) 15.11-17.11 3RD CLUSTER
WHAT S NEW? LENGTH OF THE POOL A combination of 50m (x1 Clusters) and of 25m (x2 Clusters) Each event last 3 days with heats in the morning and finals in the evening
NUMBER OF EVENTS 50m pool - 32 individual events + 2 relays per meet 25m pool - 34 individual events + 2 relays per meet 50m M/W 100m M/W 200m M/W 400m M/W 800m W FREE BACK 1500m M BREAST FLY IM * * 100 IM M/W: Only available in the 2nd and 3rd Cluster Unlimited events can be swum by a swimmer and only the best 3 results (per meet points) will count towards the ranking/scoring
SCHEDULE 50M POOL CLUSTER 1 DAY 1 10 EVENTS DAY 2 12 EVENTS DAY 3 12 EVENTS START TV BROADCAST > 400m FREESTYLE WOMEN > 400m FREESTYLE MEN > 50m BACKSTROKE WOMEN > 200m BACKSTROKE MEN AWARD CEREMONY EVENT 1 TO 3 > 200m BUTTERFLY WOMEN > 100m BUTTERFLY MEN > 200m BREASTSTROKE WOMEN > 100m BREASTSTROKE MEN > 50m FREESTYLE WOMEN > 50m FREESTYLE MEN AWARD CEREMONY EVENT 4 TO 10 START TV BROADCAST > 400m IND. MEDLEY WOMEN > 1500m FREESTYLE MEN > 50m BACKSTROKE MEN > 200m FREESTYLE WOMEN > 200m IND. MEDLEY MEN > 100m BACKSTROKE WOMEN AWARD CEREMONY EVENT 1 TO 5 > 50m BREASTSTROKE MEN > 50m BUTTERFLY WOMEN > 100m FREESTYLE MEN > 100m BREASTSTROKE WOMEN > 200m BUTTERFLY MEN > 4X50m FREESTYLE MIXED AWARD CEREMONY EVENT 6 TO 12 START TV BROADCAST > 400m IND. MEDLEY MEN > 800m FREESTYLE WOMEN > 100m BUTTERFLY WOMEN > 50m BUTTERFLY MEN > 200m BACKSTROKE WOMEN > 100m BACKSTROKE MEN AWARD CEREMONY EVENT 1 TO 5 > 50m BREASTSTROKE WOMEN > 200m BREASTSTROKE MEN > 100m FREESTYLE WOMEN > 200m FREESTYLE MEN > 200m IND. MEDLEY WOMEN > 4X50m MEDLEY MIXED AWARD CEREMONY EVENT 6 TO 12 CLUSTER CEREMONY * * ONLY IN THE FINAL LEG OF CLUSTER
SCHEDULE 25M POOL CLUSTER 2+3 DAY 1 12 EVENTS DAY 2 12 EVENTS DAY 3 12 EVENTS START TV BROADCAST > 400m FREESTYLE WOMEN > 400m FREESTYLE MEN > 100m IND. MEDLEY WOMEN > 100m IND. MEDLEY MEN > 50m BACKSTROKE WOMEN > 200m BACKSTROKE MEN AWARD CEREMONY EVENT 1 TO 5 > 200m BUTTERFLY WOMEN > 100m BUTTERFLY MEN > 200m BREASTSTROKE WOMEN > 100m BREASTSTROKE MEN > 50m FREESTYLE WOMEN > 50m FREESTYLE MEN AWARD CEREMONY EVENT 6 TO 12 START TV BROADCAST > 400m IND. MEDLEY WOMEN > 1500m FREESTYLE MEN > 50m BACKSTROKE MEN > 200m FREESTYLE WOMEN > 200m IND. MEDLEY MEN > 100m BACKSTROKE WOMEN AWARD CEREMONY EVENT 1 TO 5 > 50m BREASTSTROKE MEN > 50m BUTTERFLY WOMEN > 100m FREESTYLE MEN > 100m BREASTSTROKE WOMEN > 200m BUTTERFLY MEN > 4X50m FREESTYLE MIXED AWARD CEREMONY EVENT 6 TO 12 START TV BROADCAST > 400m IND. MEDLEY MEN > 800m FREESTYLE WOMEN > 100m BUTTERFLY WOMEN > 50m BUTTERFLY MEN > 200m BACKSTROKE WOMEN > 100m BACKSTROKE MEN AWARD CEREMONY EVENT 1 TO 5 > 50m BREASTSTROKE WOMEN > 200m BREASTSTROKE MEN > 100m FREESTYLE WOMEN > 200m FREESTYLE MEN > 200m IND. MEDLEY WOMEN > 4X50m MEDLEY MIXED AWARD CEREMONY EVENT 6 TO 12 CLUSTER CEREMONY * OVERALL WINNER CEREMONY ** * ONLY IN THE FINAL LEG OF CLUSTER ** ONLY IN THE LAST LEG OF THE SERIES
PRIZE MONEY SAME STRUCTURE FOR THE OCS AND MORE EMPHASIS IS PUT ON THE OVERALL PRIZE MONEY PURSUE (FIRST 6 M&W) RESHUFFLING THE CLUSTER PM TO FIRST 3 (INSTEAD OF 6). EVENT PRIZE MONEY (OC) PRIZE MONEY FOR MEDALLISTS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL EVENT, THE PRIZE MONEY SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED AS FOLLOWS: 6 FIRST SWIMMERS 1st USD 1500 2nd USD 1000 3rd USD 500 4th USD 400 5th USD 300 6th USD 200 EACH MIXED RELAY (2 EVENTS PER MEET): 3 FIRST RELAY TEAMS 1st USD 3000 2nd USD 2000 3rd USD 1000 TOTAL (OC) USD 144 600
PRIZE MONEY CLUSTER PRIZE MONEY 8 1st FIRST SWIMMERS USD 50000 2nd USD 35000 3rd USD 30000 4th USD 20000 5th USD 10000 6th USD 5000 7th USD 4000 8th USD 3000 TOTAL USD 314 000 FOR BOTH GENDERS OVERALL TOTAL BASED ON 3 CLUSTERS USD 942 000
OVERALL SERIES PRIZE MONEY NOTE: MINIMUM PARTICIPATION IN ONE MEET PER CLUSTER 1ST 2ND 3RD USD 150 000 USD 100 000 USD 50 000 TOTAL USD 300 000 PER GENDER OVERALL TOTAL USD 600 000
CHALLENGE COMMITMENT
ATHLETES PARTICIPATION > Each HMF shall be obliged to ensure the participation of its best swimmers (OG, WCH, WSCH medallists) within each leg of the of the Series. Having swimmer medallists attending any leg will enhance the promotion of the event (i.e clinics, master class, etc.) and development of Swimming > Each HMF shall be obliged to enter a minimum of 2 swimmers ((OG, WCH, WSCH medallists) to all meets and shall use its best efforts to sent its top swimmers > Heats and Finals session, open to all FINA affiliated member Federations
ATHLETES OBLIGATIONS HOT TOPICS > MEDIA AND PR EVENTS: a minimum of one hour per day (i.e. TV production activities, press conferences, autograph sessions, participation at VIP events (evening & day), practice session, exhibitions, clinics, TV interviews, video/photo shooting, etc. > Awards > Others EACH HMF/OC SHOULD INFORM SWIMMER (PRIOR ARRIVAL ON-SITE) ABOUT THE PARTICIPATION IN ANY MEDIA ACTIVITIES (PRESS CONFERENCE, CLINICS, ETC).
ENTERTAINMENT
A CENTRALISED SPORTS PRESENTATION PROGRAMME > FINA will contract with a Sports Presentation company to create show at each event of the series under FINA s supervision > A NEW RECIPE OF music, athlete introductions, scoreboard video clips, animation, effects, lights, etc. > More time for Sport Presentation or other "fun" activities
POST RACE INTERVIEWS WITH RACE WINNERS/STARS AT THE END OF EACH RACE To be covered by the host broadcaster for inclusion in the international TV signal, as well as for in-house sports presentation Note: in case a World Record is broken, the WR celebration takes place immediately after, during the interview
A PARADE OF CHAMPIONS TWICE A DAY Featuring all swimmers, with a special recognition to gold medallists
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