The International Swimming Federation has said it would review the decision. A rejection to allow swim caps made for natural hair in the Olympics has started a larger conversation on bias, gatekeeping ...

The 2024 Summer Olympics are over a week into action, with fans around the world watching the planet's best athletes in a wide variety of sports compete for a gold medal. Garnering much of the ...

No matter how you go about it, water sports are fairly personalized. Although we all follow the same general guidelines, everyone’s technique and stroke is different; however, one of the most ...

For many years, there was one kind of swim cap. It was ultratight, made of latex or silicone — and it was “one size fits all.” But those swim caps left out large groups of swimmers, adding to ...

Every year when summer rolls around, I get knots in the pit of my stomach just thinking about how I’m going to swim without getting my natural hair wet. Traditional swimming caps have never fully ...

Swimming caps designed for natural Black hair won’t be allowed at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, with the sport’s world governing body saying they are unsuitable due to them not “following the natural ...

The British company that makes swim caps designed explicitly for Black hair announced their product can now be worn for competitive swimming races. Soul Caps announced the news on Friday, saying that ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — A cap designed for Black swimmers’ natural hair that was banned from the Tokyo Olympics has been approved for competitive races. Swimming governing body FINA said on Friday the ...