Kirsty Coventry becomes first female president of International Olympic Committee
She received 49 of the 97 votes, well ahead of Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr. of Spain, who finished second with 28. ...
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International Olympics Committee elects first female president in organization’s history
Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was elected Thursday as the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee and the first ...
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Kirsty Coventry elected as first woman IOC president
Kirsty Coventry has smashed through the glass ceiling of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to become the organisation ...
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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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Italy welcomes Coventry's election as IOC president
Italian ministers and sports officials expressed satisfaction on Thursday after Kirsty Coventry was elected the first woman ...
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Kirsty Coventry scripts history after replacing Thomas Bach as IOC president, becomes first female and African to grace the top post
Swimming legend Kirsty Coventry has replaced Thomas Bach as International Olympic Committee's (IOC) new president ...
‘Extraordinary moment’: Kirsty Coventry becomes first woman and first African to lead IOC
Coventry, the Zimbabwean sports minister, is a close ally of German Thomas Bach, who steps down as IOC chief after 12 years ...
Kirsty Coventry elected IOC president, becoming first woman and first African to lead the Olympic body
Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became the first woman and first ...
Kirsty Coventry becomes first woman to chair the International Olympic Committee
The double Olympic champion breaks down one of the most impregnable walls for women in sport. Kirsty Coventry wrote her name forever in the universal encyclopedias by becoming the first woman in ...
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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Zimbabwe sports minister elected IOC president, becomes first woman in the role
Zimbabwe’s sports minister Kirsty Coventry has been elected the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee making history by becoming the first woman and first African to occupy the ...