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Olympics: PH's Remedy Rule says goodbye to swimming, wants to save the seas

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/sports/07/01/20191204-sea-games-clark-swimming-6540-md.jpg"/></figure></div><p>Remedy Rule is officially retiring from competitive swimming after reaching as far as the semifinals in the Tokyo Olympics women&#x27;s 200m butterfly event.</p><p>Rule, who clocked in at 2 minutes and 12.89 seconds for a 15th place finish overall, will pursue another calling which is to help save the seas.</p><p>&quot;I am enrolling in graduate school in University of Miami for a Masters of Professional Science and tropical marine ecosystem management,&quot; said the University of Texas swimming alumna in an interview on ABS-CBN sports&#x27; podcast, &quot;Post-Game.&quot;</p><p>&quot;I want to do reef reservation and preservation.&quot;</p><p>Rule, who also competed in the Tokyo Olympics&#x27; women&#x27;s 100-meter butterfly, won two silver medals in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games held in the Philippines. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/07/27/21/olympics-remedy-rule-moves-to-semis-luke-gebbie-misses-next-round-but-resets-ph-record">Olympics: Remedy Rule moves to semis; Luke Gebbie misses next round but resets PH record</a></li></ul><p>The following year, she copped the bronze in the 200m butterfly at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Des Moines, Iowa, clocking a new national record of 2:09.58. </p><p>Rule also represented the country in the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;m glad I have things planned. I think swimming has been a part of my life for so long,&quot; said the Filipino-American. &quot;There will be times I&#x27;m gonna be a little sad it&#x27;s over.&quot;</p><p>&quot;To be cheezy, I quote from Winnie the Pooh &#x27;How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.&#x27;&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/07/28/21/olympics-remedy-rule-bows-out-of-contention-in-200m-butterfly">Olympics: Remedy Rule bows out of contention in 200m butterfly</a></li></ul><p>Still she considers her Olympic stint as one of the biggest highlights of her career.</p><p>&quot;I have competed for the Philippines at Worlds and it&#x27;s like the second highest level meet. I was like &#x27;oh this (Olympics) would be similar,&#x27;&quot; said Rule.</p><p>But the moment she arrived in Tokyo, she realized that the Olympics is far different and special compared to all the competitions she has entered.</p><p>&quot;The Olympics is just another level entirely. I think it&#x27;s not just swimming. It&#x27;s the fact that athletes of all different sports coming together and that what sets it apart,&quot; said Rule.</p><p>&quot;What the rings symbolize, striving for excellence, that&#x27;s what had blown me away. This is what people wait for four years for this one meet, for this one moment.&quot; </p><p>&quot;This is special.&quot;</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1736710" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><div><em>For breaking news and latest developments on the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, visit <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/tokyo-olympics">https://news.abs-cbn.com/tokyo-olympics</a> </em></div>

<p>Remedy Rule is officially retiring from competitive swimming after reaching as far as the semifinals in the Tokyo Olympics women's 200m butterfly event.</p>

Remedy Rule is officially retiring from competitive swimming after reaching as far as the semifinals in the Tokyo Olympics women's 200m butterfly event.