How will the history-making new Olympics boss shape sports worldwide, and in Australia?
In a surprisingly emphatic result, 41-year-old Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe’s Sport Minister, was selected as the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at its 144th session in Greece ...
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Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry becomes first woman and first African president of International Olympic Committee
Seven-time Olympic medallist Kirsty Coventry broke new ground when she was elected the 10th president of the International ...
Kirsty Coventry becomes first woman, African to lead IOC
Kirsty Coventry, the Olympic swimmer from Zimbabwe, was elected president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday ...
Kirsty Coventry is first woman to be elected IOC president
The 41-year-old Zimbabwe resident will become the 10th president in the 131-year history of the International Olympic ...
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Kirsty Coventry elected first woman president of Olympic movement
Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee ...
Kirsty Coventry becomes first woman, first African to be elected IOC president
Coventry was chosen over six other candidates, including Lord Sebastian Coe and Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr, to succeed Thomas ...
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Race to become Olympics chief to go down the wire
The race to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee reaches a climax on Thursday with Juan ...
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Race to become Olympics supremo on a knife edge
The race to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee reaches a climax on Thursday with Juan ...
Power, politics, and the Olympic prize: IOC race heats up on Greece's sunlit shores
The slow-burn race for the most powerful job in world sport roared into life on Wednesday, set against the dazzling backdrop ...
In Thursday’s election for IOC president, Sebastian Coe’s once close friend may work against him
President Thomas Bach, who has been more lenient with Russia, likely prefers another candidate to Coe heading toward the Los ...
Race to become Olympics supremo set to go to the wire
The race to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee reaches a climax on Thursday with Juan ...
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Power Plays and Olympic Dreams: IOC Presidential Race Ignites on Greece’s Sun-Drenched Coast
The race for the IOC presidency intensified on March 19, 2025, at Greece’s Costa Navarino resort, where seven candidates, ...