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New IOC president Kirsty Coventry inaugurated to start 8-year leadership
The first female and first African president of the IOC, Kirsty Coventry, was inaugurated in the role on Monday ...
Utah Olympic leader there as new IOC President Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe takes office
I believe her style is going to fit perfectly with Utah,” Bullock, president and executive chair of Utah’s Organizing ...
Kirsty Coventry starts IOC president term, reflects on Olympic swimming journey from Zimbabwe
Coventry detailed her vision for an IOC presidency in her candidate manifesto published last December (soon after she gave ...
Olympics-Coventry receives golden key as new IOC President
New International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry pledged on Monday to strengthen and extend the reach of the ...
As sports embrace gender tests, Kirsty Coventry and IOC may follow
Such testing has its critics and the Olympics have already tried it once only to abandon it in 1996. Read more at ...
Olympic president Kirsty Coventry starts work with strong IOC and challenges for Los Angeles Games
The world Kirsty Coventry walks into Monday as the International Olympic Committee’s first female and first African president ...
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Woman at the helm: on the new IOC president Kirsty Coventry
The first African and the first woman head of the largest, most powerful sporting organisation on the planet, Kirsty Coventry, 41, broke new ground in more ways than one when she formally took charge ...
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IPC President Andrew Parsons attends IOC Presidency handover ceremony
Andrew Parsons, an IOC Member, was in Lausanne, Switzerland, as Kirsty Coventry became the 10th President of the ...