Lord Coe suffered a crushing defeat in his bid to become president of the International Olympic Committee, with Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry routing her six rivals in the first round of voting to ...
PYLOS, Greece: 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 ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee, becoming the first woman ...
The organization’s members elected Kirsty Coventry as its 10th president on Thursday, selecting the Zimbabwean sports minister and member of its executive board to succeed Thomas Bach. Coventry, 41, ...
It was a win as resounding as it was historic - Kirsty Coventry becoming the first African and the first woman to assume the most powerful and prestigious role in sport. The double Olympic ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry smiles after receiving her gold medal after the women’s 200-meter backstroke ...
Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International ... when the Winter Games return to Salt Lake City. A signature Bach policy also has been gender parity, with equal quotas of men and ...
The former Olympic swimming champion Kirsty Coventry has become the first woman to lead the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in its 131-year history, after winning a shock first round win ...
Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has been elected as the first female president of the International Olympic Committee, emerging from a contentious seven-candidate race Thursday to take hold of one of ...
Kirsty Coventry, a former Zimbabwean swimmer ... during which period he presided over a scandal involving allegations of bribery in Salt Lake City’s winning bid for the 2002 Winter Olympics. In ...
Kirsty Coventry has become the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) first female and African president in its 130-year history. The Zimbabwean sports minister, already a towering figure in ...