STOCKHOLM - It came down to the final two events. Gordan Kozulj (CRO) knew he would have to be around 1:52 for the 200 back to beat Tom Malchow (USA) 200 fly time of 1:52.97 yesterday worth 1006 points. Kozulj swam hard enough to win with a 1:52.16 worth 1010 to give him the top men's performance and the keys to the Chrysler PT Cruiser.

It was the second car in four days for Kozulj, who was the top performer in Berlin's World Cup 4 days ago. Maybe he'll go into the taxi business back home. The University of California (Berkeley) graduate is making up for missing out on the medals at the Olympics (he was 8th in the final of the 200 backstroke). He tied the world record last Sunday and has become the top short course backstroker.

Kozulj has won 10 events in the 100-200 backstroke throughout the World Cup series competing in five competition on three continents with the last one in Paris yet to come.

In the final event of the two day competition Anne-Karin Kammerling (SWE) rose to the challenge, and then some, as she shattered her own pending world record of 25.60 in the 50 butterfly with a 25.39. It was worth 1037 points and gave her the keys to the car, that looked to be safely in Qi Hui's (CHN) hands.

Qi had set a World Cup record in the 200 breaststroke with 2:20.28 just 6/100ths off the world mark. It was worth 1018 and seemed more than enough to be the top women's performance.

Kammerling owns the 50 fly and now has the top three performances in this event all time.

For 31-year-old Sylvia Gerasch (GER) the European record was the icing on a perfect World Cup series. She won the 50-100 at World Cup 3 in Edmonton, last November. Bettered the German record in the 50 breast last week in Sheffield and added personal bests here in Stockholm for the 50 breast 31.04 (European record) and the 100 breast 1:07.57. "This is my last World Cup for the season," Gerasch said. "I will compete in Berlin next at the German regionals to help my club."

Michael Klim (AUS) won the 100 butterfly in 51.35 in what he considered "Technically my best World Cup race so far. The time was not so fast but it was solid (24.01 27.34 splits). He won the 100 free yesterday.

Retiring after competing in Paris will be Barbara Bedford (USA), She won the 100 back today in 59.99. "I'm glad to break a minute again," Bedford said. "I will be retiring after Sunday." Bedford was a member of the USA's Olympic gold winning 4x100 medley relay in Sydney.

This World Cup missed Olympic champion Lars Frolander (SWE) but this did not take much away from those that did swim and the technical results were terrific with six swims over the 1000 points and the fastest single performance worth 1037 for Kammerling's 50 fly world record in all of the World Cups so far this season.

Sweden emerged on top in top three placing (an award was only presented to the event winner) with 21 (6-7-8) with Australia second 13 (6-5-2) and the United States third 11 (4-5-2). Canada had 13 (3-8-2).

The final World Cup 10 will take place in Paris, Saturday-Sunday, Jan 27-28. Where a total of US$ 240,000 prize monies will be distributed to the top point getters in each event who competed in all three continental series. World record setters earn US$ 4,000 each. Ties do not count.