Swim Cap Design Denied For Olympics
Soul Cap, a British company that designs swim caps made explicitly for Black hair, says it was denied approval for its products to be worn by athletes at next month’s Olympic Games in Tokyo. The company was founded in England in 2017 by two Black men who wanted to create a swim cap that works with more voluminous and natural hairstyles like Afros and dreadlocks. The swim caps produced by the company are roomier than a typical swim cap and come in sizes that can accommodate mid-back hairstyles. Soul Cap says it applied to FINA — the international regulatory body of water sports, including swimm...