Although they both did not qualify outright for the Tokyo Olympic Games, swimmers Luke Gebbie and Remedy Rule are more fortunate than their predecessors who were awarded universality places by the International Swimming Federation to be able to compete in the quadrennial meet.
Thus Gebbie will compete in the men’s 50 and 100-meter freestyle events while Rule will see action in the women’s 100 and 200-meter butterfly races in the Olympic swimming championships scheduled July 24 to Aug. 1 at the Tokyo Aquatic Centre. The former University of Texas swimming aces booked a slot in the women’s 100 fly after tallying 808 FINA points I with a time of 59.55 seconds during the heats of the Longhorn Aquatics Elite Invite & Time Trials last May 5 in Austin, Texas.
He earned 795 FINA points in the men’s 50-meter freestyle, resetting his own national record of 22.57 seconds in the heat to sink his own old mark of 22.62 seconds in winning the bronze medal in the event in the 30th SEA Games.
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