We are confident that under Kirsty’s leadership, the IOC will provide the stability and support necessary to achieve our shared goals." With Thursday's win, Coventry ascends to one of the most ...

Kirsty Coventry, an Olympic champion swimmer turned sports administrator, was on Thursday elected as the new president of the International Olympic Committee, marking an historic milestone as the ...

Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), becoming the first woman and African to ever be elected to the position. Coventry, 41 ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected the new president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday. Coventry, 41, becomes the first woman and first African named president of the IOC. "It is a signal that ...

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 world sports. “It is a signal ...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is set to select a new president this week to succeed Thomas Bach. In a field of seven candidates, Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry, Africa's most decorated ...

Kirsty Coventry, 41, was elected to one of the most powerful jobs in sports on Thursday, becoming the first woman and first African to lead the Olympic movement. She will begin her eight-year term in ...

One of Coventry’s beaten election rivals, Sebastian Coe, leads World Athletics. It broke an Olympic taboo by paying $50,000 prize money for track and field champions in Paris last year. In Los Angeles ...

The International Olympic Committee elected its first female president Thursday by choosing Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry on a first vote. Coventry, 41, long has been seen as a favorite of outgoing ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International ... round win in the seven-candidate contest after voting by 97 IOC members. She gets an eight-year mandate into 2033 aged just 41 ...

Kirsty Coventry has made sporting history by being elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at its General Assembly on Thursday (March 20, 2025). She is the first woman and first ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, becoming the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in global sports. The Zimbabwe ...