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Los Angeles Times on MSN · 1h

Kirsty Coventry first woman, African elected president of International Olympic Committee

Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee on the first ballot, making her the first woman to lead the organization.

The Associated Press on MSN · 30m

Who is Kirsty Coventry, the next president of the International Olympic Committee?

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — 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 opposition.

Reuters on MSN · 1h

Olympics-Coventry becomes first woman and first African to lead International Olympic Committee

By Ossian Shine, Karolos Grohmann and Julien Pretot PYLOS, Greece (Reuters) -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.

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Kirsty Coventry becomes first female president of International Olympic Committee

Kirsty Coventry, 41, of Zimbabwe becomes the first woman to lead the IOC. She is eligible to serve up to a 12-year term.

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IOC presidential election LIVE: Seb Coe bids for Olympic throne in fiercely contested seven-way vote

Lord Coe is up against Juan Antonio Samaranch, whose father was IOC president for 21 years, and Zimbabwean former swimmer ...

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Olympic boxing was all but dead. Now the IOC has saved it.

The International Olympic Committee has voted to save Olympic boxing just months after fiascos and scandals seemed to put its ...

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Strange Race to Lead Olympic Sports Gets Stranger

With the winner instantly becoming the most prominent sports official in the world, the high-stakes campaign for president of ...

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It’s election day for the IOC, choosing a new leader in a hard-to-call, 7-candidate contest

The winner will steer the Olympics on a smooth path in politics and sports toward the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.

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