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Swedish Swimmers’ Team Caps Scrutinized by Olympic Officials Ahead of 100 Butterfly

2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES

Before swimming prelims of the 100 butterfly, Swedish swimmer Louise Hansson reportedly ran into issues regarding the approval of her competition swim cap.

According to Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter, Hansson provided five different caps to an inspector, who asserted there was an issue with a sponsor’s logo.

World Aquatics has restrictions on what can be printed on swim caps in competition. According to section 8.5 of the competition regulations, the following is allowed:

One (1) manufacturer’s logo of a maximum size of 20cm² on the front.
One (1) flag and/or country name (code) of a maximum size of 32cm². The side on which the flag and country
name (code) shall be printed will be advised by World Aquatics.
For World Aquatics Championships one (1) World Aquatics Partner’s logo on the right side of the size decided
by World Aquatics on a case-by-case basis.

For World Aquatics competition, one (1) flag and/or country name (code) of a maximum size of 32cm² can be
printed twice (meaning that the flag and country name can appear on both sides of the cap). This to be advised
by World Aquatics whenever applicable. Competitor’s name of a maximum size of 20cm². The competitor’s
name shall be printed on the same side as the flag and country name (code). Printing the competitors’ name
isn’t compulsory.
It is permissible to wear two (2) caps. Both caps must comply with the advertising rules.

While eventually the issue was disregarded and Hansson was able to wear one of her caps, she told the media that it added unnecessary stress to her prelims swim. She still earned a semifinals berth, finishing 12th, and ultimately ended up qualifying 8th into tomorrow’s final.

This adds to the growing list of issues at these games, from the athletes’ village running low on food, to the competition pool being too shallow.

Besides competing in the semifinals of the 100 fly, Hansson also anchored Sweden’s 4×100 freestyle relay, which finished 5th overall.

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Jess
3 months ago

All of this kind of distracting garbage should have been dealt with well BEFORE the competition started.

Observor
3 months ago

Someone is displaying their power

Blake Braden
Reply to  Observor
3 months ago

Follow the rules and this doesn’t become an issue

Swimguy208
3 months ago

Crazy thought to have here, but hear my schizo post out. This is the first olympics where vegas has odds. They now have skin in this game, they somehow orchestrated this to adjust odds knowing their intended affect in this scenario would cause her to swim poorly

BR32
3 months ago

Because this has a huge impact on race performance. If Carson foster had a bigger US flag on his cap he would have beat Marchand in fukuoka.

Swammer
3 months ago

Officials need less power.

1650 Onetrick
3 months ago

I don’t get the idea behind a flag size limit

Stingy
Reply to  1650 Onetrick
3 months ago

Yea, I think the American flag should cover the whole cap. Now wouldn’t that be cool?

AndyB
3 months ago

Someone on the Swedish team (coach/manager) should have made sure that the caps were ok before they even left Sweden.

Dan
Reply to  AndyB
3 months ago

The swim caps are okay and follow the rules, the official who inspected the caps was wrong! It helps if the inspector knows what to look for.

Last edited 3 months ago by Dan
Dan
Reply to  AndyB
3 months ago

When reading the article via Google Translate it says:

– But I then heard that they were the ones who were wrong. The caps that I brought with me were okay to use. Although it is clear that there was a stress charge, says Louise Hansson.

AndyB
Reply to  AndyB
3 months ago

I stand corrected.

Cleo Lemon
3 months ago

Pre Race Inspectors:

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