What Banning a Swim Cap for Black Hair Means for the Olympics
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Swim caps for natural black hair are banned from Olympics
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Swimming caps for natural black hair ruled out of Olympic Games
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Swimming caps designed for afro hair approved after Tokyo Olympic
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Soul Cap, designed for Black hair, approved after Tokyo Olympics ban
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Olympics Bans Swim Caps For Afro Hair, Discrimination
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Soul Cap: Afro swim cap Olympic rejection 'heartbreaking' for
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