Remedy Rule advances to 200m butterfly semis in Tokyo

Published July 27, 2021 6:51pm

Swimmers compete in a heat for the women's 100m butterfly swimming event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on July 24, 2021. Odd ANDERSEN / AFP

Remedy Rule is through to the semifinals of the women's 200m butterfly of Tokyo Olympics.

She finished dead last in Heat 3 with a time of 2 minutes and 12.23 seconds but ranked in the 15th spot after all heats to earn herself a semis berth.

The top 16 swimmers after the preliminary heats advance to the next round.

Rule is a winner of two silver and two bronze in the 30th Southeast Asian Games, which the country hosted in 2019.

—Bea Micaller/JMB, GMA News

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