Newly elected International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry has arrived in her home country of Zimbabwe to a hero’s welcome as her victory is celebrated as a national milestone.

Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International ... Coventry’s win also was a victory for outgoing IOC president Thomas Bach, who has long been seen as promoting her as his ...

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 ...

Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), becoming the first woman and African to ever be elected to the position. Coventry, 41 ...

Kirsty Coventry has been elected the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee. At the 144th IOC Session held in ... eight-year term of office. The new President-elect Coventry ...

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has been elected as the first female president ... In addition to becoming the first female IOC president, Coventry is also the first person from Africa to hold the ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (AP) — Kirsty Coventry ... child — IOC vice president Samaranch and Coe. Coventry’s manifesto offered mostly continuity from Bach with little new detail, while ...