Natalie Coughlin (USA) made an impressive comeback to FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup after a two-year break. She won gold in the 100m Backstroke (57.78), well ahead of Australian Rachel Goh (58.35) and Melissa Ingram (NZL) (58.42). Coughlin also took bronze in the 100m Individual Medley (1:01.29). "The reason I came back from my long break, more than anything, was that I realised how fortunate I am to be an elite athlete. This is my job, this is how I get to pay the bills, and I go to amazing places such as Singapore to compete for my country and stay physically fit," Coughlin revealed during a press conference. She added: "It helped me realise how much I enjoyed being an athlete."

Jessica Hardy (USA) added to USA’s tally with gold in the 50m Breaststroke (30.35), in which she holds the current World Record and Championship record. World record holder Peter Marshall (USA) and Elaine Breeden (USA) also took first place in the 50m Backstroke (23.57) and 200m Butterfly (2:05.44) respectively.

Arkady Vyatchanin (RUS) showed the world why he is the world record holder for 200m Backstroke when he led from start to finish in 1:52.99.

Thiago Pereira (BRA) secured maximum points for the overall championship race in Singapore by winning his  fourth gold medal in the 200m Individual Medley (1:53.45). Teammate Lucas Kanieski took the other Brazillian gold of Day 2 in the 1500m Freestyle (14:45.65).

The last event of the competition saw the crowd stood on their feet to cheer on local favourite Tao Li as she took on Therese Alshammar (SWE) in the 50m Butterfly. Tao Li, the current Asian champion in this event, started slow from the whistle and almost caught up with Alshammar at the wall with her powerful dolphin kicks. Alshammar clocked 25.24 ahead of Tao Li (25.47) and in the process, took the top spot in women standing for the series.

The curtains are drawn for the Singapore leg, with the most competitive field of swimmers seen so far since the series inaugurated in 2007. 12 countries took at least one gold medal in this leg.

The swimmers now move on to Tokyo (JPN), the final Asian stop of the World Cup series.