Remedy Alexis Turla Rule (born September 27, 1996) is a Filipino swimmer. She competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle at the

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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. Rule swam for the

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team and the Shenandoah Marlins Aquatic Club. She also had training with the Waynesboro

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Collegiate career

In 2014, Rule committed to join the swimming team of the

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which competes in the

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(NCAA) the following year. 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. She was also named as part of two

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n teams.

International career

Rule participated in the 2012 United States Olympic trials. 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. Rule started representing the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

in international competitions in 2019. She is qualified to compete for the Philippines through her mother who is a Filipino from

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. Her first competition playing for the Philippines, was the

where she broke the Philippine national record set by

Jasmine Alkhaldi Jasmine Alkhaldi (born 20 June 1993) is a Filipino swimmer who represented the Philippines in the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Rio. She holds the Philippine women's record in the 200, 100, 50 metre freestyle and 100 metre butterfly and 50 m ...

(1:01.00) in the

2015 Southeast Asian Games The 2015 Southeast Asian Games ( ms, Sukan Asia Tenggara 2015; ; ta, 2015 தென்கிழக்கு ஆசிய விளையாட்டுப் போட்டிகள்), officially known as the 28th Southeast Asian Games, o ...

in Singapore by clocking 1:00.42. She along with Luke Gebbie participated in the

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. Rule plans to retire after competing in the Olympics, to focus on her studies.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rule, Remedy 1996 births Living people Filipino female swimmers Place of birth missing (living people) Texas Longhorns women's swimmers Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games SEA Games silver medalists for the Philippines SEA Games bronze medalists for the Philippines SEA Games medalists in swimming Filipino female freestyle swimmers Filipino female butterfly swimmers Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for the Philippines