The 2024 Summer Olympics are over a week into action, with fans around the world watching the planet's best athletes in a wide variety of sports compete for a gold medal. Garnering much of the ...

Which adult swim cap is best? It’s known that hair and swimming don’t mix well — and no matter how well you tie it back or braid it, rogue strands may end up distracting you in the water. To keep your ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The best swim caps can improve performance by reducing drag (the force that slows down a swimmer) and ...

Swimming caps specifically designed for Black hair have been approved by the world’s governing body for the sport, NPR reports. The Soul Cap was developed to provide better fit and chlorine protection ...

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 ...

If you plan to continue your open-water swimming through the winter, then aside from a cosy swim robe to warm you after your dip, a cold water swimming hat is an absolute essential. Here are our ...

Alice Dearing has an afro, a voluminous puff nearly impossible to protect in most swimming caps. Her hair shrinks if it gets wet. And the chlorine? The chemicals in a pool can cause severe damage that ...

A swimming cap worn by some of Scotland’s top swimmers was designed by 11-year-old Reuben Norbury from Glasgow. It comes after Reuben, who attends swimming lessons at Glasgow Club Maryhill, won a ...