For far too long, swimmers with braids, locs and afros have had to sacrifice their hairstyle when swimming in the water. Traditional swim caps don’t offer variation of sizes and fit for different hair ...

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 ...

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 ...

Let’s be honest, most of us have vast collections of swim caps. Even though little is said on the caps, the cap you favor says a lot about you. Here are some common caps that swimmers love and what ...

On Wednesday of last week, Michael Chapman and Toks Ahmed, the founders of Soul Cap—a British specialist brand producing swimming caps for Afro hair—received a response to their application to FINA, ...

It wasn't until I got into competitive swimming that I understood the true importance of a swimmer's cap. Like many people, I thought it was just a helpful accessory, or a pesky rule community pools ...

SwimCapz, a custom swim cap design company based in Canada, is expanding its services into the European market. The company provides custom swim caps for swim teams and events throughout the United ...

Something you'll see in Olympic swimming that may seem like a redundancy is swimmers wearing two swim caps. But what's the purpose? As Yahoo! Sports wrote in 2012, one reason seems pretty obvious. The ...