Remedy Rule
Personal information
Full nameRemedy Alexis Turla Rule
National teamPhilippines
Born (1996-09-27) September 27, 1996
Sport
SportSwimming
College teamTexas Longhorns
Medal record
Women's Swimming
Representing  Philippines
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Southeast Asian Games 0 2 2
Total 0 2 2
Southeast Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2019 Philippines200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place2019 Philippines4×100 m freestyle relay
Bronze medal – third place2019 Philippines200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2019 Philippines4×200 m freestyle relay

Remedy Alexis Turla Rule (born September 27, 1996)[1] is a Filipino swimmer.[2] She competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.[3]

Youth career

Rule started dedicating to swimming when she was 10 years old, aspiring to qualify for the Summer Olympics. Prior to that period, swimming was just one of the sports she played.[4]

Rule swam for the Western Albemarle High School team and the Shenandoah Marlins Aquatic Club. She also had training with the Waynesboro YMCA.[5]

Collegiate career

In 2014, Rule committed to join the swimming team of the University of Texas which competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) the following year.[6] She did very well during her sophomore year by missing the top 16 by just 0.14 in the 100 fly but qualified for the A-final in the 200 fly event. She clocked 1:52.92 in the 200 fly event final which would have placed her third but was disqualified with officials insisting that her head broke the surface past 15 meters on her start.[7] She was also named as part of two All-American teams.[2]

International career

Remedy Rule receives her bronze medal after competing for the Philippines at the women's 200m freestyle at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.

Rule participated in the 2012 United States Olympic trials.[5] She qualified for three events for the trial; 200-meter backstroke, 100-meter butterfly, and 200-meter butterfly. She also made it to the United States' junior swimming team in 2014.[4]

Rule started representing the Philippines in international competitions in 2019.[4] She is qualified to compete for the Philippines through her mother who is a Filipino from Quezon City.[8] Her first competition playing for the Philippines, was the 2019 World Aquatics Championships where she broke the Philippine national record set by Jasmine Alkhaldi (1:01.00) in the 2015 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore by clocking 1:00.42.[2] She along with Luke Gebbie participated in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.[9] Rule plans to retire after competing in the Olympics, to focus on her studies.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "RULE, Remedy". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Navarro, June (July 23, 2019). "PH swimmer Remedy Rule sets new national record in women's 100m butterfly". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  3. ↑ "18th FINA World Championships 2019: Women's 50m Freestyle start list" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 21, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 Clarito, Ariel Ian (July 11, 2021). "Midlife Halftime Olympic Odyssey: Remedy Rule ready to have some fun in Tokyo". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Remedy Rule Wraps Up Olympic Trials". NBC29.com. July 15, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  6. ↑ "SMAC swimmer Remedy Rule commits to University of Texas". Augusta Free Press. September 29, 2014. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Disqualification in the Pool Did Not Affect Remedy Rule". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  8. 1 2 Villar, Joey (July 21, 2021). "Swimmer Remedy Rule won't compete past Tokyo Olympics". The Philippine Star. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  9. ↑ Pedralvez, Manolo. "Pinoy swimmers Remedy Rule, Luke Gebbie going to Olympics, PH swim body confirms". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
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