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Kirsty Coventry was elected as the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). She is the first woman, first African, and the youngest person to lead the IOC in its 131-year history.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee, becoming the first woman ...

The organization’s members elected Kirsty Coventry as its 10th president on Thursday, selecting the Zimbabwean sports minister and member of its executive board to succeed Thomas Bach. Coventry, 41, ...

It was a win as resounding as it was historic - Kirsty Coventry becoming the first African and the first woman to assume the most powerful and prestigious role in sport. The double Olympic ...

Former Zimbabwean Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry, 41, was today elected as the new Olympics chief, pipping Lord Sebastian Coe and Juan Antonio Samaranch to the position. The election means Ms ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece — Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in ...

Former Zimbabwean swimmer Kirsty Coventry has been voted as the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee in the first round. Coventry secured a surprise majority in the first round of ...

Former Olympic swimming champion, Kirsty Coventry will succeed Thomas Bach as the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), marking an historic milestone as the first African and ...

Seb Coe lost his bid to become the most powerful figure in sport today as Zimbabwean former swimmer Kirsty Coventry swept to victory and succeeded Thomas Bach as president of the International ...

The former Olympic swimming champion Kirsty Coventry has become the first woman to lead the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in its 131-year history, after winning a shock first round win ...

COSTA NAVARINO (AFP) – Kirsty Coventry says she has "learned the best lessons by failing" and the Zimbabwean swimming great's mantra appears to have served her well after she became the first ...