The calendar of the 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup is now finalised and comprises seven meets distributed in three clusters: in August, immediately after the conclusion of the 18th FINA World Championships in Gwangju (KOR), swimming stars will first visit Tokyo (JPN, August 2-4), then Jinan, in China (August 8-10), and finally Singapore on August 15-17.

How does a Jamaican girl go from learning to swim at age 4 to making an Olympic team at 15 to becoming Texas A&M's second NCAA swim champion, just moments after her teammate became the first?

How, two years later, does she arrive at her third Olympic Games without a swimsuit, win a tiebreaker to clinch the last spot in the 100m breaststroke final, then place fourth to match Jamaica's best Olympic swimming result in history?

Two more golds for Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) and one more victory for Vladimir Morozov (RUS) on the last day of the ultimate stop of FINA Swimming World Cup 2018, in Singapore (SGP) on Saturday November 17, which helped them become the big winners of the overall Series.

One hundredth of a second! World Cup points leader Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden managed a narrow victory in the women's 50m butterfly by edging Dutch veteran Ranomi Kromowidjojo by 0.01, while Vladimir Morozov of Russia missed the 100m freestyle World Record by 0.01 on the second day of the FINA Swimming World Cup 2018 here in Singapore on Friday November 16.

In a battle against Kromowidjojo, the Swedish star, who kept a record 4 wins and 2 losses in the last six legs, stormed home in 24.63, while Kromowidjojo came second in 24.64 in the 50m butterfly.

World Cup points leaders Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) and Vladimir Morozov (RUS) both wrapped up two gold medals as Sjostrom stopped Hungarian Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu's clean sweep of the event after six stops and Morozov broke the World Cup record in the 50m freestyle. Local hero Joseph Schooling was upset and finished fourth in his favourite event, the 100m butterfly.

Fighting against jet lag, Rio Olympic champion Schooling was behind from the start and finished fourth in 51.05. Li Zhuhao (CHN), lift the title in 49.64 and Mattew Temple (AUS) 50.60 secured the silver medal in 50.60.