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Kirsty Coventry—the Soft Face of Zimbabwe's Dictatorship—Could Be the Next President of the IOC | Opinion
Her poor performance as Zimbabwe's sports minister and her leaning into the role of the soft face of Zimbabwe's brutal regime ...
Who is Kirsty Coventry and how did she become the most powerful person in world sports?
The IOC is betting on a younger female leader to signal change. She enters the ring at a crucial time for athletes.
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Kirsty Coventry elected as IOC's first woman president
Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee and become the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in global sports. The Zimbabwe sports ...
Coventry smashes glass ceiling to become first woman and first African to lead IOC
Kirsty Coventry smashed through the International Olympic Committee’s glass ceiling on Thursday to become the organisation’s first female and first African president in its 130-year history.
Newly elected IOC President Kirsty Coventry celebrated on return home to Zimbabwe
Newly elected International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry has arrived in her home country of Zimbabwe to a hero’s welcome as her victory is celebrated as a national milestone.
2 men arrested in Zimbabwe for armed robbery and stealing new IOC President Coventry’s memorabilia
Two brothers have been arrested and appeared in a Zimbabwe court accused of an armed robbery at the home of new International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry’s parents.
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Kirsty Coventry – An athlete, advocate, and architect
Kirsty Coventry transitioned from Olympic champion to IOC president with her lifelong commitment to the transformative power ...
Incoming IOC leader Kirsty Coventry won't ban countries from Olympics over wars and will open talks on Russia being allowed back
International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry says she is against banning countries from Olympics over wars and reveals plans for talks on Russias return; I believe that its best for our m ...
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Kirsty Coventry elected new IOC president, becomes first woman and African in the role
Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), becoming the first woman and African to ever be elected to the position. Coventry, 41, will also be ...
Who is Kirsty Coventry, the next president of the International Olympic Committee?
The next president of the International Olympic Committee is a former Zimbabwe swimmer who is Africa’s most decorated Olympian and a minister in a government often accused of oppressing political ...
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JUST IN — Kirsty Coventry selected as the International Olympic Committee's first female president
Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry becomes the first woman and the first person from Africa to be elected to the post. The former swimming star succeeds the outgoing president, Thomas Bach of Germany ...
Kirsty Coventry becomes first woman elected as IOC president
Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee, becoming the first woman and first African ...