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

A swimming cap made specifically for natural Black hair has received official approval from the worldwide governing body for competitive swimming. Soul Cap is a covering made especially to protect ...

The creators of the Soul Cap call the approval a step in the right direction to make swimming a more accessible sport. Uwe Krejci/ Getty Images By Melissa Noel · Updated September 7, 2022 ...

Alice Dearing was about to make history in summer 2021 as the first Black woman to swim for Great Britain at the Olympics. Then, bad news: She couldn’t wear the swim cap she wanted to. Leading ...

Swim cap made for Black hair gets official approval after previous Olympic ban. By Jaclyn Diaz (NPR) Sept. 3, 2022 3:24 p.m. Alice Dearing, Great Britian's first Black swimmer at the Olympics ...

In the artistic swimming events, team members can bring a level of intense theatricality to both their performances and their swimwear. Here, members of Team France pose just before entering the ...

MT. LAUREL, New Jersey, October 26. THE Jersey Wahoos Booster Club has raised more than $1,100 from the creation and sale of 300 white swim caps featuring the breast cancer ...