Swimming-FINA to review competition use of caps designed for afro hair

[ASFN Admin]

Swimming's world governing body FINA said on Friday it would review whether caps designed for afro and big hairstyles could be worn in its competitions if there was no advantage to be gained from using them. Media reports had quoted FINA as saying a 'Soul Cap' product, designed to fit over dreadlocks, braids and afros, could not be used at the Olympics because it did not fit "the natural form of the head". Britain will have a Black female swimmer competing at an Olympics for the first time in Tokyo with Alice Dearing qualifying for the open-water marathon.

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