Swimming should be a sport open to all. Unfortunately, cultural differences and racial bias make it challenging, which is why Black-owned manufacturer SOUL CAP was established.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The company understood the need for a way to address varying hairstyles for aquatic competition, the former which can include dreadlocks, weaves, braids and afros. The Soul Cap was embraced by a crowd long discriminated against<\/a>, and the hopes of using it during professional competitions were great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then it was barred from last year’s Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But late yesterday, Black swimmers and their hair received great news as FINA, swimming’s international governing body, approved the cap for use in top-level competitions.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s a decision the company called “a huge step in the right direction”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n