CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — 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 ...

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.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — 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 ...

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has been elected the first female president of the International Olympic Committee, and the 10th president overall of the organization that was founded in 1894. IOC members ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected President of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday (March 21, 2025) and became the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in world sports.

Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in global sports ...

Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee on the first ballot, making her the first woman to lead the organization.

Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the first female president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). IOC members voted on Thursday to appoint Coventry, a seven-time Olympic swimming ...

Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee and becomes the first woman and first African to get arguably the biggest job in global sports. The Zimbabwe sports ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was elected president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday, becoming the Switzerland-based organization's first woman and first African ...