Bob the Cap Catcher Becomes Unlikely Olympic Icon

Bob the Cap Catcher earned his way to fame during this morning’s prelims session of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Bob came to the rescue in the middle of the women’s 100 breaststroke to retrieve the cap belonging to Emma Weber of the US after her cap sank to the bottom of the La Defense Arena.

Bob earned many loud cheers as he walked on deck in his bright Funky Trunks little swim-brief before diving into the pool and retrieving the cap. The loudest cheers came after he climbed out of the pool.

All swimmers are limited to two caps. This allows swimmers to place one cap under their goggles and another over their goggles, or two caps under their goggles or two over, ensuring their hair does not get let loose causing an immense amount of drag in case one falls off.

The video also allows us to get a better view of the pool depth, which is shallower than usual. The two 50-meter pools in the La Defense Arena are about 2.15 meters or 7 feet. This is over two and a half feet and 31.5 inches to be exact less than the pool at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as that pool was about 9 feet, 8 inches deep.

 

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Katie
3 months ago

Bob the Cap Catcher made Snoop Dogg’s NBC Primetime “Day 2 Round Up” last night!

RETIRED COACH
3 months ago

WHICH COMPANY MAKES BOB THE CAP CATCHER’S SUIT?
IT’S AWESOME!!!!

John
Reply to  RETIRED COACH
3 months ago

Funky Trunks bro

John
3 months ago

Funky Trunks all the way!!! Best swimwear ever and what swimmers who aren’t paid to wear always wear. What a legend!

Cruiserchuck
3 months ago

Bob would fit right in on my Master swim team. We have festive Friday where folks wear bright color suits.

East Coast
3 months ago

Just a guess. But could Bob be Associated Press photographer Mark J Terrill? He is often responsible for underwater cameras at big events like the Olympics.

Miself
3 months ago

AVD “all swimmers wear 2 caps” wrong plenty of high level swimmers wear 1 cap
AVD “And a lot of swimmers wear 3” no they don’t it’s not even allowed this commentary is just ridiculous 🤦‍♂️

Swimfan27
Reply to  Miself
3 months ago

She needs to be fired. Where can we provide feedback to the network that she actively harms our sport?

Xman
3 months ago

How do I get this job for 2028?

swimster
Reply to  Xman
3 months ago

get in line

RangerCoach
Reply to  Xman
3 months ago

The commentary job or to become Xman the Cap Catcher?

Last edited 3 months ago by RangerCoach
Xman
Reply to  RangerCoach
3 months ago

Cap catcher. My commentary would be bleeped out 🙂

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Anya has been with SwimSwam since June 2021 as both a writer and social media coordinator. She was in attendance at the 2022, 2023, and 2024 Women's NCAA Championships writing and doing social media for SwimSwam. She also attended 2023 US Summer Nationals as well as the 2024 European Championships …

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