2021 FINA SHORT COURSE SWIMMING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Thursday, December 16th – Tuesday, December 21st
- Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- SCM (25m)
- Prize Money
- Meet Site
- Psych Sheet
- SwimSwam Preview Index
- FINA Live Results
- Omega Live Results
- Day 5 Finals Live Recap
A total of 283 swimmers from 44 countries earned money at the 2021 World Short Course Swimming Championships, with just over $3 million being handed out.
Tuesday finished with a bang, with a fourth World Record bonus being handed out. Germany’s Florian Wellbrock won the 1500 free in a new record-setting time of 14:06.88. That earned him a $50,000 bonus in addition to the $15,000 winner’s fee.
- Women’s 200 free relay – USA (1:34.22)
- Men’s 1500 free relay – Floridan Wellbrock, Germany (14:06.88 – World Record)
- Men’s 100 freestyle – Alessandro Miressi, Italy (45.57)
- Women’s 200 breaststroke – Emily Escobedo, USA (2:17.85)
- Men’s 200 backstroke – Radoslaw Kawecki, Poland (1:48.68)
- Women’s 100 butterfly – Maggie MacNeil, Canada (55.04)
- Men’s 50 breaststroke – Nic Fink, USA (25.53)
- Women’s 50 freestyle – Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden (23.08)
- Men’s 400 medley relay – Italy (3:19.76 – Championship Record)
- Women’s 400 medley relay – Sweden (3:46.20 – European Record)
Besides the German, among the other big earners on the day was American 17-year old Claire Curzan, who had a whopping four races in the final day of competition. She grabbed a bronze medal in the 100 fly, finished 6th in the 50 free, won a gold medal on the American 200 free relay, and was part of a 4th-place 400 medley relay.
While she began to show some signs of the long session in that final relay, where even on a rolling start she was two-tenths slower than her individual time, but the effort still earned her the rights to $21,000 on the day. That’s part of a $37,500 overall effort for Curzan at the meet, though there is still conflicting information over what the NCAA amateurism rules have to say about prize money.
Including the four World Record bonuses, FINA gave out $3,085,000 in prize money at the meet. That’s an increase from the $2,205,000 that was awarded in 2018 (which included 9 World Records, though only a $15,000 bonus for each there).
Note: these calculations are based on prize money earned. How much prize money each athlete accepts will vary depending on their individual situations.
PRIZE MONEY AFTER Full Meet (BY COUNTRY)
| Country | Dollars | |
| 1 | United States | $ 480,500 |
| 2 | Italy | $ 325,500 |
| 3 | Russian Swimming Federation | $ 287,500 |
| 4 | Canada | $ 284,500 |
| 5 | Sweden | $ 202,000 |
| 6 | Netherlands | $ 180,000 |
| 7 | China | $ 161,000 |
| 8 | Germany | $ 125,250 |
| 9 | Hong Kong, China | $ 100,500 |
| 10 | France | $ 76,000 |
| 11 | Brazil | $ 71,250 |
| 12 | Switzerland | $ 60,500 |
| 13 | Great Britain | $ 55,500 |
| 14 | Poland | $ 54,250 |
| 15 | Belarus | $ 53,500 |
| 16 | Ireland | $ 47,500 |
| 17 | Japan | $ 39,000 |
| 17 | Israel | $ 39,000 |
| 19 | Hungary | $ 37,250 |
| 20 | Austria | $ 35,000 |
| 21 | Lithuania | $ 34,000 |
| 22 | Norway | $ 29,500 |
| 23 | Greece | $ 25,500 |
| 24 | Republic of Korea | $ 24,000 |
| 25 | South Africa | $ 22,500 |
| 26 | Egypt | $ 17,000 |
| 27 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $ 15,000 |
| 27 | Czech Republic | $ 15,000 |
| 29 | Ukraine | $ 13,500 |
| 30 | Trinidad & Tobago | $ 12,000 |
| 30 | Tunisia | $ 12,000 |
| 30 | Estonia | $ 12,000 |
| 33 | Finland | $ 11,000 |
| 34 | Romania | $ 10,500 |
| 35 | Slovenia | $ 9,000 |
| 35 | Australia | $ 9,000 |
| 35 | Jamaica | $ 9,000 |
| 38 | Belgium | $ 8,500 |
| 39 | Bahamas | $ 7,500 |
| 40 | Bulgaria | $ 6,000 |
| 41 | Turkey | $ 5,000 |
| 42 | Venezuela | $ 4,500 |
| 42 | Mexico | $ 4,500 |
| 44 | Denmark | $ 3,000 |
Prize Money After Full Meet (By Individual)
| name | country | dollars | |
| 1 | HAUGHEY Siobhan Bernadette | Hong Kong, China | $ 91,250 |
| 2 | MACNEIL Margaret | Canada | $ 89,250 |
| 3 | WELLBROCK Florian | Germany | $ 65,000 |
| 4 | SJOSTROM Sarah | Sweden | $ 60,250 |
| 5 | HANSSON Louise | Sweden | $ 58,750 |
| 6 | HANSSON Sophie | Sweden | $ 50,750 |
| 7 | KOLESNIKOV Kliment | Russian Swimming Federation | $ 48,500 |
| 8 | FINK Nic | United States | $ 46,750 |
| 9 | CASAS Shaine | United States | $ 41,000 |
| 10 | MASSE Kylie | Canada | $ 39,500 |
| 11 | SETO Daiya | Japan | $ 39,000 |
| 12 | CURZAN Claire | United States | $ 37,250 |
| 13 | KROMOWIDJOJO Ranomi | Netherlands | $ 36,500 |
| 14 | RAZZETTI Alberto | Italy | $ 36,000 |
| 15 | HELD Ryan | United States | $ 35,500 |
| 16 | SMITH Kieran | United States | $ 32,500 |
| 17 | WEITZEIL Abbey | United States | $ 31,750 |
| 17 | LI Bingjie | China | $ 31,750 |
| 19 | KAMMINGA Arno | Netherlands | $ 30,250 |
| 20 | MARTINENGHI Nicolo | Italy | $ 30,000 |
| 20 | GORBENKO Anastasia | Israel | $ 30,000 |
| 22 | RIVOLTA Matteo | Italy | $ 29,750 |
| 23 | MORA Lorenzo | Italy | $ 29,250 |
| 24 | KAMENEVA Mariia | Russian Swimming Federation | $ 27,250 |
| 25 | ZHANG Yufei | China | $ 27,000 |
| 26 | MARGALIS Melanie | United States | $ 26,000 |
| 26 | HUSKE Torri | United States | $ 26,000 |
| 28 | SHYMANOVICH Ilya | Belarus | $ 25,250 |
| 29 | FOSTER Carson | United States | $ 25,000 |
| 30 | WHITE Rhyan | United States | $ 24,500 |
| 31 | RAPSYS Danas | Lithuania | $ 24,250 |
| 32 | MC SHARRY Mona | Ireland | $ 24,000 |
| 33 | DE WAARD Maaike | Netherlands | $ 23,750 |
| 34 | LIENDO EDWARDS Joshua | Canada | $ 23,500 |
| 35 | MIRESSI Alessandro | Italy | $ 23,250 |
| 36 | TOUSSAINT Kira | Netherlands | $ 23,000 |
| 37 | LE CLOS Chad | South Africa | $ 22,500 |
| 38 | MCINTOSH Summer | Canada | $ 22,000 |
| 39 | DIENER Christian | Germany | $ 21,750 |
| 40 | COLEMAN Michelle | Sweden | $ 21,250 |
| 41 | CIEPLUCHA Tessa | Canada | $ 21,000 |
| 41 | HWANG Sunwoo | Republic of Korea | $ 21,000 |
| 41 | KIRPICHNIKOVA Anastasiia | Russian Swimming Federation | $ 21,000 |
| 44 | MINAKOV Andrei | Russian Swimming Federation | $ 20,750 |
| 45 | SHCHEGOLEV Aleksandr | Russian Swimming Federation | $ 20,250 |
| 46 | MADDEN Paige | United States | $ 20,000 |
| 46 | PONTI Noe | Switzerland | $ 20,000 |
| 48 | SAMUSENKO Pavel | Russian Swimming Federation | $ 19,500 |
| 48 | WASICK Katarzyna | Poland | $ 19,500 |
| 48 | ESCOBEDO Emily | United States | $ 19,500 |
| 51 | SANCHEZ Kayla | Canada | $ 19,250 |
| 52 | PICKREM Sydney | Canada | $ 18,500 |
| 53 | ANDISON Bailey | Canada | $ 18,000 |
| 53 | TANG Qianting | China | $ 18,000 |
| 53 | RENSHAW Molly | Great Britain | $ 18,000 |
| 56 | SMITH Rebecca | Canada | $ 17,750 |
| 57 | DJAKOVIC Antonio | Switzerland | $ 17,500 |
| 57 | HVAS Tomoe | Norway | $ 17,500 |
| 57 | UGOLKOVA Maria | Switzerland | $ 17,500 |
| 60 | CUSINATO Ilaria | Italy | $ 17,250 |
| 61 | DOUGLASS Kate | United States | $ 16,750 |
| 61 | BERKOFF Katharine | United States | $ 16,750 |
| 61 | SHKURDAI Anastasiya | Belarus | $ 16,750 |
| 64 | ZAZZERI Lorenzo | Italy | $ 16,500 |
| 65 | GOSE Isabel | Germany | $ 16,000 |
| 66 | STEENBERGEN Marrit | Netherlands | $ 15,750 |
| 66 | VAZAIOS Andreas | Greece | $ 15,750 |
| 66 | PROUD Benjamin | Great Britain | $ 15,750 |
| 66 | GODUN Nika | Russian Swimming Federation | $ 15,750 |
| 66 | GROUSSET Maxime | France | $ 15,750 |
| 71 | GRINEV Vladislav | Russian Swimming Federation | $ 15,500 |
| 72 | DE BOER Thom | Netherlands | $ 15,250 |
| 73 | AUBOECK Felix | Austria | $ 15,000 |
| 73 | PUDAR Lana | Bosnia Herzegovina | $ 15,000 |
| 73 | SCHWINGENSCHLOGL Fabian | Germany | $ 15,000 |
| 73 | SANTOS Nicholas | Brazil | $ 15,000 |
| 73 | KAWECKI Radoslaw | Poland | $ 15,000 |
| 78 | GASTALDELLO Beryl | France | $ 14,750 |
| 79 | CECCON Thomas | Italy | $ 14,000 |
| 80 | STOKOWSKI Kacper | Poland | $ 13,750 |
| 81 | JULIAN Trenton | United States | $ 13,500 |
| 81 | WEYANT Emma | United States | $ 13,500 |
| 81 | SCOTT Duncan | Great Britain | $ 13,500 |
| 81 | QIN Haiyang | China | $ 13,500 |
| 81 | SZABO Szebasztian | Hungary | $ 13,500 |
| 86 | YU Yiting | China | $ 13,250 |
| 87 | SHIELDS Tom | United States | $ 12,750 |
| 88 | DI PIETRO Silvia | Italy | $ 12,250 |
| 89 | WALSHE Ellen | Ireland | $ 12,000 |
| 89 | HOOK Charlotte | United States | $ 12,000 |
| 89 | PILATO Benedetta | Italy | $ 12,000 |
| 89 | EGOROVA Anna | Russian Swimming Federation | $ 12,000 |
| 89 | GOMES JUNIOR Joao | Brazil | $ 12,000 |
| 89 | CARTER Dylan | Trinidad & Tobago | $ 12,000 |
| 89 | BORODIN Ilia | Russian Swimming Federation | $ 12,000 |
| 89 | HAFNAOUI Ahmed | Tunisia | $ 12,000 |
| 89 | CHIKUNOVA Evgeniia | Russian Swimming Federation | $ 12,000 |
| 98 | JAKABOS Zsuzsanna | Hungary | $ 11,750 |
| 99 | DI LIDDO Elena | Italy | $ 11,000 |
| 100 | PENG Xuwei | China | $ 10,750 |
| 101 | GLINTA Robert | Romania | $ 10,500 |
| 101 | LICON Will | United States | $ 10,500 |
| 101 | STADDEN Isabelle | United States | $ 10,500 |
| 101 | QUADARELLA Simona | Italy | $ 10,500 |
| 101 | ROMANCHUK Mykhailo | Ukraine | $ 10,500 |
| 106 | CHIMROVA Svetlana | Russian Swimming Federation | $ 10,250 |
| 106 | RAMADAN Youssef | Egypt | $ 10,250 |
| 108 | PIGREE Analia | France | $ 9,750 |
| 109 | SURKOVA Arina | Russian Swimming Federation | $ 9,500 |
| 109 | COCCONCELLI Costanza | Italy | $ 9,500 |
| 111 | DE TULLIO Marco | Italy | $ 9,000 |
| 111 | FAIN Katja | Slovenia | $ 9,000 |
| 111 | PERSSON Erik | Sweden | $ 9,000 |
| 111 | BARRATT Holly | Australia | $ 9,000 |
| 111 | ATKINSON Alia | Jamaica | $ 9,000 |
| 111 | PALTRINIERI Gregorio | Italy | $ 9,000 |
| 117 | PEKARSKI Grigori | Belarus | $ 8,750 |
| 118 | KORSTANJE Nyls | Netherlands | $ 8,250 |
| 118 | GUIDO Guilherme | Brazil | $ 8,250 |
| 118 | CHRISTOU Apostolos | Greece | $ 8,250 |
| 121 | EVANS Joanna | Bahamas | $ 7,500 |
| 121 | ZIRK Kregor | Estonia | $ 7,500 |
| 121 | WANG Shun | China | $ 7,500 |
| 121 | CHENG Yujie | China | $ 7,500 |
| 121 | SCHEFFER Fernando | Brazil | $ 7,500 |
| 121 | MARKOVA Anastasiia | Russian Swimming Federation | $ 7,500 |
| 121 | YAN Zibei | China | $ 7,500 |
| 121 | PANZIERA Margherita | Italy | $ 7,500 |
| 121 | KNOX Finlay | Canada | $ 7,500 |
| 121 | REITSHAMMER Bernhard | Austria | $ 7,500 |
| 121 | LAMBERTI Michele | Italy | $ 7,500 |
| 121 | ACERENZA Domenico | Italy | $ 7,500 |
| 121 | FANGIO Francesca | Italy | $ 7,500 |
| 121 | CEJKA Jan | Czech Republic | $ 7,500 |
| 135 | WATTEL Marie | France | $ 7,250 |
| 136 | PIJNENBURG Stan | Netherlands | $ 7,000 |
| 137 | KROON Luc | Netherlands | $ 6,750 |
| 137 | BONNET Charlotte | France | $ 6,750 |
| 139 | IVANOV Antani | Bulgaria | $ 6,000 |
| 139 | HULKKO Ida | Finland | $ 6,000 |
| 139 | MOROZOV Vladimir | Russian Swimming Federation | $ 6,000 |
| 139 | DORINOV Mikhail | Russian Swimming Federation | $ 6,000 |
| 139 | CARAMIGNOLI Martina Rita | Italy | $ 6,000 |
| 139 | PILHATSCH Caroline | Austria | $ 6,000 |
| 139 | BEN SHITRIT Eitan | Israel | $ 6,000 |
| 139 | JOLY Damien | France | $ 6,000 |
| 139 | NDOYE-BROUARD Yohann | France | $ 6,000 |
| 148 | SAVARD Katerine | Canada | $ 5,750 |
| 148 | BUSCH Kim | Netherlands | $ 5,750 |
| 150 | MCMILLAN Jack | Ireland | $ 5,500 |
| 151 | PUTS Jesse | Netherlands | $ 5,250 |
| 151 | CHRISTIANSEN Henrik | Norway | $ 5,250 |
| 153 | KESELY Ajna | Hungary | $ 5,000 |
| 154 | APPLE Zach | United States | $ 4,750 |
| 155 | MESTRE VIVAS Alfonso Enrique | Venezuela | $ 4,500 |
| 155 | MARTINEZ Jose | Mexico | $ 4,500 |
| 155 | ZHU Menghui | China | $ 4,500 |
| 155 | DEPLANO Leonardo | Italy | $ 4,500 |
| 155 | LECLUYSE Fanny | Belgium | $ 4,500 |
| 155 | CIAMPI Matteo | Italy | $ 4,500 |
| 155 | KUBOVA Simona | Czech Republic | $ 4,500 |
| 155 | KOCH Marco | Germany | $ 4,500 |
| 155 | PUMPUTIS Caio | Brazil | $ 4,500 |
| 155 | BUCHER Simon | Austria | $ 4,500 |
| 155 | ORSI Marco | Italy | $ 4,500 |
| 155 | ALMEIDA Brandonn | Brazil | $ 4,500 |
| 155 | TETEREVKOVA Kotryna | Lithuania | $ 4,500 |
| 155 | LELLE Armin Evert | Estonia | $ 4,500 |
| 169 | SANTOS Gabriel | Brazil | $ 4,250 |
| 170 | MAJERSKI Jakub | Poland | $ 4,000 |
| 171 | NIKONOVA Ekaterina | Russian Swimming Federation | $ 3,750 |
| 171 | USTINOVA Daria S | Russian Swimming Federation | $ 3,750 |
| 171 | HO Ian Yentou | Hong Kong, China | $ 3,750 |
| 171 | STRELNIKOV Kirill | Russian Swimming Federation | $ 3,750 |
| 175 | PAN Zhanle | China | $ 3,500 |
| 176 | LITCHFIELD Max | Great Britain | $ 3,000 |
| 176 | SHANAHAN Katie | Great Britain | $ 3,000 |
| 176 | TOUMARKIN Yakov | Israel | $ 3,000 |
| 176 | ALVES Kaique | Brazil | $ 3,000 |
| 176 | CORREIA Breno | Brazil | $ 3,000 |
| 176 | OGRETIR Berkay | Turkey | $ 3,000 |
| 176 | KIVIRINTA Veera | Finland | $ 3,000 |
| 176 | ZEVINA Daryna | Ukraine | $ 3,000 |
| 176 | LANZA Vinicius | Brazil | $ 3,000 |
| 176 | KIM Seoyeong | Republic of Korea | $ 3,000 |
| 176 | KOSTIN Oleg | Russian Swimming Federation | $ 3,000 |
| 176 | JENSEN Julie Kepp | Denmark | $ 3,000 |
| 176 | HOLLO Balazs | Hungary | $ 3,000 |
| 176 | WIFFEN Daniel | Ireland | $ 3,000 |
| 176 | HORSKA Kristyna | Czech Republic | $ 3,000 |
| 176 | HERLEM Antoine | France | $ 3,000 |
| 176 | OSMAN Farida | Egypt | $ 3,000 |
| 193 | WU Qingfeng | China | $ 2,750 |
| 194 | KISIL Yuri | Canada | $ 2,500 |
| 194 | FRIGO Manuel | Italy | $ 2,500 |
| 194 | LIE Markus | Norway | $ 2,500 |
| 197 | WANG Changhao | China | $ 2,250 |
| 197 | HONG Jinquan | China | $ 2,250 |
| 197 | YANG Jintong | China | $ 2,250 |
| 197 | NASRETDINOVA Rozaliya | Russian Swimming Federation | $ 2,250 |
| 197 | PIRON Thomas | France | $ 2,250 |
| 197 | TOMAC Mewen | France | $ 2,250 |
| 197 | VIQUERAT Antoine | France | $ 2,250 |
| 204 | GYURINOVICS Fanni | Hungary | $ 2,000 |
| 204 | PADAR Nikolett | Hungary | $ 2,000 |
| 204 | JACOBY Lydia | United States | $ 2,000 |
| 204 | VEKOVISHCHEV Mikhail | Russian Swimming Federation | $ 2,000 |
| 204 | GIREV Ivan | Russian Swimming Federation | $ 2,000 |
| 204 | JUNEVIK Sara | Sweden | $ 2,000 |
| 210 | TAPP Hunter | United States | $ 1,750 |
| 210 | KARAKOUSKAYA Nastassia | Belarus | $ 1,750 |
| 210 | SIMONS Kenzo | Netherlands | $ 1,750 |
| 210 | BILIS Simonas | Lithuania | $ 1,750 |
| 210 | SIDLAUSKAS Andrius | Lithuania | $ 1,750 |
| 210 | MARGEVICIUS Deividas | Lithuania | $ 1,750 |
| 210 | SETIN SARTORI Murilo | Brazil | $ 1,750 |
| 210 | GRINDHEIM Andre | Norway | $ 1,750 |
| 210 | LIA Nicholas | Norway | $ 1,750 |
| 210 | LIU Yaxin | China | $ 1,750 |
| 210 | SEMIANINOV Danil | Russian Swimming Federation | $ 1,750 |
| 221 | MITYUKOV Roman | Switzerland | $ 1,500 |
| 221 | HALLOCK Thomas | Switzerland | $ 1,500 |
| 221 | MEGLI Filippo | Italy | $ 1,500 |
| 221 | FANTONI Gabriel | Brazil | $ 1,500 |
| 221 | SALAMATINA Valeriia | Russian Swimming Federation | $ 1,500 |
| 226 | WAN Letian | China | $ 1,250 |
| 226 | TAM Hoi Lam | Hong Kong, China | $ 1,250 |
| 226 | ZHANG Zhoujian | China | $ 1,250 |
| 226 | ZHANG Ziyang | China | $ 1,250 |
| 226 | CHEN Ende | China | $ 1,250 |
| 226 | SAMY Mohamed | Egypt | $ 1,250 |
| 226 | ELKAMASH Youssef | Egypt | $ 1,250 |
| 226 | SAMEH Abdelrahman | Egypt | $ 1,250 |
| 234 | TOURETSKI Alexandra | Switzerland | $ 1,000 |
| 234 | AERENTS Jasper | Belgium | $ 1,000 |
| 234 | EMO Jerome | Belgium | $ 1,000 |
| 234 | DE MEULEMEESTER Sebastien | Belgium | $ 1,000 |
| 234 | THIJS Thomas | Belgium | $ 1,000 |
| 234 | SLOAN Jordan | Ireland | $ 1,000 |
| 234 | MC GEEVER Finn | Ireland | $ 1,000 |
| 234 | POWELL Robert | Ireland | $ 1,000 |
| 234 | CIESLAK Marcin | Poland | $ 1,000 |
| 234 | JURASZEK Pawel | Poland | $ 1,000 |
| 234 | BRUHN Annika | Germany | $ 1,000 |
| 234 | KULLMANN Leonie Marlen | Germany | $ 1,000 |
| 234 | PIETRUSCHKA Marie | Germany | $ 1,000 |
| 234 | AU Hoi Shun Stephanie | Hong Kong, China | $ 1,000 |
| 234 | CHAN Kin Lok | Hong Kong, China | $ 1,000 |
| 234 | SCALIA Silvia | Italy | $ 1,000 |
| 234 | CARRARO Martina | Italy | $ 1,000 |
| 251 | DEAN Tom | Great Britain | $ 750 |
| 251 | MILDRED Edward | Great Britain | $ 750 |
| 251 | RICHARDS Matthew | Great Britain | $ 750 |
| 251 | CASTIGLIONI Arianna | Italy | $ 750 |
| 251 | NG Cheuk Yin | Hong Kong, China | $ 750 |
| 251 | DRASIDOU Maria Thaleia | Greece | $ 750 |
| 251 | NTOUNTOUNAKI Anna | Greece | $ 750 |
| 251 | JOENTVEDT Jon | Norway | $ 750 |
| 251 | SIQUEIRA ALMEIDA Nathalia | Brazil | $ 750 |
| 251 | JUNGBLUT Viviane | Brazil | $ 750 |
| 251 | TOMANIK DIAMANTE Giovanna | Brazil | $ 750 |
| 251 | RONCATTO Gabrielle | Brazil | $ 750 |
| 251 | GIELE Tessa | Netherlands | $ 750 |
| 264 | KREUNDL Lena | Austria | $ 500 |
| 264 | PAMMER Cornelia | Austria | $ 500 |
| 264 | GANGL Nina | Austria | $ 500 |
| 264 | OPATRIL Lena | Austria | $ 500 |
| 264 | YEBOAH Robin | Switzerland | $ 500 |
| 264 | ZMUSHKA Alina | Belarus | $ 500 |
| 264 | KULIASHOVA Anastasiya | Belarus | $ 500 |
| 264 | BRANNKARR Ronny | Finland | $ 500 |
| 264 | KOKKO Olli | Finland | $ 500 |
| 264 | LAHTINEN Laura | Finland | $ 500 |
| 264 | TEIJONSALO Fanny | Finland | $ 500 |
| 264 | UNLU Baturalp | Turkey | $ 500 |
| 264 | TURAN Efe | Turkey | $ 500 |
| 264 | KILAVUZ Mert | Turkey | $ 500 |
| 264 | SAKA Berke | Turkey | $ 500 |
| 264 | TANG Tsoi Lam Katii | Hong Kong, China | $ 500 |
| 264 | CHENG Chloe | Hong Kong, China | $ 500 |
| 264 | SZE Hang Yu | Hong Kong, China | $ 500 |
| 264 | KOST Nina | Switzerland | $ 500 |
| 264 | MAMIE Lisa | Switzerland | $ 500 |
They can put it in a trust. Know this from past experience of people who have done that.
The former NCAA rules wouldn’t allow that. Which, of course, doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. Lots of people have always violated the NCAA rules.
How do most nations handle costs for worlds events? E.g. – does USSwimming cover flights, hotels, and food for all national team members? Do other nations cover these costs for swimmers as well? Or are the swimmers on their own?
Parents sign up swimmers for worlds and pay for travel and acomodation.
It seems that you only break NCAA rules if you get paid by the college for competing. Also you can’t have a contract with someone or organization to compete for money.
Anyone know how much *approximately* will be taken out in taxes? I’m sure there’s something.
Above 200000hkd(25k usd) it’s taxed at %17, so about $500k in tax.
UAE has a personal tax rate of $0. They won’t owe taxes locally, but will (likely) still have to pay tax in the athlete’s respective country of domicile at whatever their tax bracket dictates. I’m not sure if this is taxed as prize money or as ordinary income which could matter. But generally speaking, an approach to taxing foreign earnings works like the following though each jurisdiction can have its own complexities that make an athletes circumstance vary. If Athlete A lives in country X with a tax rate of 20% and also earns $100 of income in country Y with a tax rate of 15% during the year, Athlete A will pay the 15% tax to country Y and… Read more »
Shaine Casas will definitely be able to pay his rent in Texas with this prize money and join the Longhorns next year.
Wild guess: Casas wins the 100 back at US Trials next year and then Kliment AK47 wins the WC Title.
ISL is shaking right now
Can high schoolers and college swimmers accept this money without any issues now?
I sure hope so
Different schools are giving their athletes different answers.
My guess is that it’s a situation where if they just take the money and don’t talk about it, nobody will do anything about it.
Braden,
Trying to stay up to date on NIL rules etc for these younger kids. What do you know about the difference between this payout money vs. what the Texas Longhorn Football Booster program is doing to pay linemen $50k? It seems the NIL rules are so vague that it is basically pandora’s box at this point? Claire should be paid for those swims beyond what the rule used to be, which I believe was that they could accept money up to covering their expenses for the trip. But if on a USA Swimming comp like this doesn’t USA Swim pick up the tab for all travel/logistics?
Pretty sure that’s what the rules w/ boosters were before, so at least that’s spreading around.
Bingo, finally we have clarity! great post
Braden: This is so irresponsible, I am seething. If, suddenly, one of these athletes is barred from NCAA competition, are you going to defend his/her decision to ignore the rules? If there is a disagreement among compliance officers, then the only CORRECT response is to get a DEFINITIVE RULING. If the NCAA declines to answer the question, then they won’t have a strong case to bar the athlete. Just because this is in the comments, and not in the article, does not make you immune from upholding your journalistic responsibilities. When you have your law degree, let me know.
Seething? Chill.
Bro. He IS holding up his journalistic responsibilities. He’s not telling them that they should do it, he’s observing that if they just take the money, they’ll probably get away with it.
Which is probably true, because foreign swimmers have been getting away with it for years.
Also, CTFO
Uhhh is it a journalist’s job to give compliance advice to student-athletes?
This is such a super strange post, especially that you’re “seething.”
BK’s job is to tell you what is. Anybody who’s been around college swimming for any period of time knows that he’s exactly right. Nobody did anything about Joseph Schooling’s million dollars + other endorsements before NIL, nobody did anything about the scores of pros from other countries who came here and somehow magically regained amateur status. Nobody’s going to do anything about this either.