Last Updated:March 21, 2025, 18:28 IST The 41-year-old Zimbabwean, who was elected president of the IOC on Thursday, expressed that the process to determine the host of the 2036 edition of the game was underway and would continue for the next few months at the very least. Kirsty Coventry. (X) Newly-elected International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Kirsty Coventry was elected on Thursday as the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee, becoming the first woman and the first African to hold the most powerful role in sports. Ms. Coventry, 41, from Zimbabwe, was the only woman among the seven candidates in the monthslong election battle and will be the committee’s youngest
Kirsty Coventry reacts after she was announced as the new IOC President at the International Olympic Committee 144th session in Costa Navarino, western Greece, Thursday, March 20, 2025. Thanassis Stavrakis/AP hide caption toggle caption Thanassis Stavrakis/AP JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Zimbabwean Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry has had an eventful career, from the pool, to parliament. The country’s
Last Updated:March 20, 2025, 22:12 IST Coventry succeeds Thomas Bach and, at 41 years of age, becomes the youngest ever person elected to the most powerful position in sports governance. New IOC President Kirsty Coventry (AFP) Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee on
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 we are truly global,” Coventry said of her election. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Kirsty Coventry reacts after she was
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