MANILA, Philippines--National record holders Remedy Rule and Luke Michael Gebbie both hit the Olympic Selection Time at the 18th Fina World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. In his first event on the world stage, the Fil-Kiwi Gebbie clocked 49.94 seconds in the men's 100 freestyle preliminary that shattered his own national record of 50.25 seconds established last month at the New Zealand National Open. Filipino swim heroes Ryan Papa, Miguel Molina and Charlie Walker previously held the Philippine standard in the 100m free. Aside from becoming the first-ever Filipino to finish the event under 50 seconds, Gebbie also achieved a Tokyo Olympic Selection Time (OST)...
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