PYLOS, Greece : 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 ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected as the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). She is the first woman, first African, and the youngest person to lead the IOC in its 131-year history.

Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), becoming the first woman and the first African to lead the organisation in its 131-year history. She ...

(AP Photo/Nikolas Kominis) Candidate Juan Antonio Samaranch waits for the announcement of the new IOC President at the International Olympic Committee 144th session in Costa Navarino, western Greece, ...

Olympics - 144th IOC Session - Costa Navarino, Pylos, Greece - March 20, 2025 Kirsty Coventry poses with an International Olympic Committee member, Nawal El Moutawakel after being elected as the ...

For his part, Daines congratulated Vietnam on its socio-economic achievements in the past years. He recalled the phone conversation between Party General Secretary To Lam and US President Donald Trump ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected the new president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday. Coventry, 41, becomes the first woman and first African named president of the IOC. "It is a signal ...

Image: Kirsty Coventry celebrates her gold medal at the 2004 Olympics. Pic: Reuters Image: The new IOC president-elect after clinching gold in 2004. Pic: Reuters We are never told who the IOC ...

A new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been elected. Kirsty Coventry, the two-time Olympic gold medallist and Zimbabwe sports minister, has become the first woman and ...

One of the major problems the new president will face will be the return to the Olympic fold of Russia. In Paris last year their athletes were forced to competed under a neutral banner ...

Former Olympic swimming champion, Kirsty Coventry will succeed Thomas Bach as the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), marking an historic milestone as the first African and ...