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Olympic contest to pick IOC president is quirky and controlled by tight campaign and voting rules
COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (AP) — The IOC is the undisputed champion of running the ... have aired frustrations with getting limited access to their fellow International Olympic Committee members during a ...
Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry elected to lead the International Olympic Committee. Here’s what she says about Trump
Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was elected president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday, becoming the Switzerland-based organization’s first woman and first African leader.
Olympic boxing was all but dead. Now the IOC has saved it.
The International Olympic Committee has voted to save Olympic boxing just months after fiascos and scandals seemed to put its future in doubt.
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After historic Olympic election comes leadership issues for IOC president Kirsty Coventry
Greece -- After enjoying a stunning election win comes the sober business of leading the International Olympic Committee for Kirsty Coventry. The first woman president elected in the IOC’s 131-year ...
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A look at the seven candidates in the International Olympic Committee presidential election
He wants to relax strict broadcast rules and let Olympic athletes use footage of their games performances on social media and be global influencers. Though clearly an outsider in the IOC contest, the ...
Olympics-Kirsty Coventry elected International Olympic Committee president in IOC vote
Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, securing victory in a high-stakes vote at a luxury seaside resort in Greece’s southwestern Peloponnese. The ...
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Kirsty Coventry elected IOC president, becoming first woman and first African to lead the Olympic body
Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became ... seven-candidate contest after voting by 97 IOC members. She gets an eight-year mandate ...
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Kirsty Coventry makes history as first woman elected IOC president
also served as IOC president. Seb Coe, the president of the international ... her as she steers the Olympic Movement into the future," U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee chair Gene Sykes ...
Kirsty Coventry elected first female president of International Olympic Committee
The previous nine presidents were men from Europe or the U.S."This is an extraordinary moment," she said in an address to IOC members moments after outgoing IOC President Thomas Bach made the ...
Kirsty Coventry: From Olympic champion to president of the IOC
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 ...
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Olympics-Coventry becomes first woman and first African to lead International Olympic Committee
PYLOS, Greece (Reuters) -Kirsty Coventry smashed through the International Olympic Committee’s glass ceiling on Thursday ... with so much pride," a beaming Coventry told her fellow IOC members at the ...
Kirsty Coventry elected IOC president and is first woman, first African to lead global Olympic body
IOC President Thomas Bach, foreground, smiles as candidate to the presidency of the International Olympic Committee Juan Antonio Samaranch stands in the background during the 144th session which will ...