FINA

Comment on this story Comment 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.

When she competes in next week’s women’s 10k marathon swim, the first Black female swimmer on Great Britain’s Olympic team won’t have on the swim caps that she endorses.  Swimming’s international governing body has forbidden Alice Dearing from wearing them during the Tokyo Games.  The British brand Soul Cap designed swim caps for “thick, curly […]


Current track

Title

Artist