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 ...

Soul Cap, a Black-owned brand that creates swimming caps for natural hair, was denied certification for approved Olympic swim gear by the federation for international competitions in water sports ...

Swim caps can define those who wear them. Here is a look at what different caps say about the athletes who don them for practice.

Alice Dearing has an afro, a voluminous puff nearly impossible to protect in most swimming caps. Her hair shrinks if it gets wet. And the chlorine? The chemicals in a pool can cause severe damage ...

The Olympics rejected swim cap designed to fit large, textured hair, with advocates saying the ban is just one more barrier keeping Black people out of pools.

Olympic Committee Reverses Ban on Swim Cap Designed for Black Hair: 'Seismic' Change "We cannot allow younger generations to look at a sport and think, for whatever reason, 'that's not for people ...

Find the best swim caps for adults designed for comfort, performance, and a secure fit in the water.

I was born in the era when fashionable bathing caps covered in flowers, petals and rubber spikes were the must-have beach accessory.

The UK-based Soul Cap was created to better accommodate textured hair—and rejected by FINA to become certified for use in competitive swimming.

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 ...