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Who is Kirsty Coventry, the next president of the International Olympic Committee?
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 accused of oppressing political ...
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. “This is an ...
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Kirsty Coventry becomes first woman to lead International Olympic Committee
Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, saying it was an "extraordinary moment". At 41, the two-time ...
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International Olympic Committee: Kirsty Coventry chosen as first female president
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 ...
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Olympics-Kirsty Coventry elected International Olympic Committee president in IOC vote
PYLOS, Greece (Reuters) - 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 ...
Olympic women’s soccer tournament to get more teams than men’s for first time in 2028 in Los Angeles
Score it a big win for women’s soccer at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The International Olympic Committee has decided that ...
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Kirsty Coventry first woman, African elected president of International Olympic Committee
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 ...
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Who is Kirsty Coventry, the next president of the International Olympic Committee?
IOC President Thomas Bach, right, gestures to Kirsty Coventry after she was announced as the new IOC president at the International Olympic Committee 144th session on March 20, 2025, in Costa ...
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Who is Kirsty Coventry, the next president of the International Olympic Committee?
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The next president of the International Olympic Committee is a ... of oppressing political opposition. Kirsty Coventry, 41, was elected to one of the most powerful ...
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JUST IN — Kirsty Coventry selected as the International Olympic Committee's first female president
The former swimming star succeeds the outgoing president, Thomas Bach of Germany.Kirsty Coventry has made sporting history by being elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC ...
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Who is Kirsty Coventry, the next president of the International Olympic Committee?
Kirsty Coventry, right, is embraced by Anita Defrantz after she was announced as the new IOC President at the International Olympic Committee 144th session in Costa Navarino, western Greece ...