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Who is Kirsty Coventry, the next president of the International Olympic Committee?
By then she was already an IOC member, getting her place in 2013 ... coup that removed Mugabe in the new administration of current President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Mugabe's vice president who rights ...
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IOC presidential election LIVE: Ex-swimmer Kirsty Coventry beats Seb Coe as historic results revealed
He has served on a raft of Olympic commissions and is a current IOC vice-president, and he is expected to have strong backing across Europe and the Americas. He is a smooth operator and multi ...
IOC president election: Sebastian Coe's bid fails as Kirsty Coventry becomes first woman and first African voted into role
Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry succeeds Thomas Bach as International Olympic Committee president; the 41-year-old becomes the ...
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Former Auburn swimmer elected as first female International Olympic Committee president
After receiving 49 of 97 votes cast at the 144th IOC session on Thursday in Greece, she will officially take over from current president Thomas Bach on June 23. “I am incredibly honored and ...
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IOC president election: Sebastian Coe's bid fails as Kirsty Coventry becomes first woman and first African voted into role
Coventry's victory at the IOC Session in Greece was announced by current president Thomas Bach, who will officially hand over the reins on June 24. Victory for Coe would have been the peak of a ...