Kirsty Coventry elected IOC president and is first woman, first African to lead global Olympic body
Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee. She's the first woman and first African to ...
Kirsty Coventry becomes first woman, African elected as IOC president
International Olympic Committee members elected Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry as president, replacing Thomas Bach, the committee ...
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Bishop calls for peace in South Sudan as country’s first vice president reportedly arrested
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Kirsty Coventry becomes first woman, first African to be elected IOC president
Coventry was chosen over six other candidates, including Lord Sebastian Coe and Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr, to succeed Thomas ...
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New IOC president is first woman, first African to lead global Olympic body
COSTA NAVARINO, Greece — 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 ...
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Kirsty Coventry becomes first woman, first African to be elected IOC president
Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the first woman president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Africa’s most decorated Olympian and Zimbabwe’s minister of sport since 2018 secured ...
Kirsty Coventry becomes first woman, African to lead IOC
Kirsty Coventry, the Olympic swimmer from Zimbabwe, was elected president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday ...
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Kirsty Coventry elected new IOC president, becomes first woman and African in the role
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 ...