Ban on 'Soul Cap' spotlights lack of diversity in swimming

Alice Dearing has an afro, a voluminous puff nearly impossible to protect in most swimming caps. FINA, which oversees international competitions in swimming, rejected the application from the British makers of the Soul Cap for use in the Tokyo Games, citing no previous instance in which swimmers needed “caps of such size and configuration.” A Change.org petition was launched and Dearing, an ambassador for the cap and co-founder of the Black Swimming Association, openly expressed disappointment.



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