The International Olympic Committee on Monday officially inaugurated Kirsty Coventry, 41, as the first female and African ...

Thomas Bach (right) and his successor as IOC president Kirsty Coventry (Laurent Cipriani/AP) “It’s complex, it’s beautiful, it’s strong, but it only works if we work together and we remain ...

Coventry, at 41, is also the youngest IOC president since Pierre de Coubertin was elected as its first in 1896. She saw off the challenge of Sebastian Coe among others for the job at an IOC ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Fraser Bullock is eager for the new International Olympic Committee president, Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, to come to Utah as the state gears up to host the 2034 Winter Games.

Coventry's first Olympic competition as IOC president will be at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games in Italy. Coventry won gold in the 200-meter backstroke in Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008.

Kirsty Coventry took over as president of the International Olympic Committee on Monday, becoming the first woman and first African to lead the organization. NEWSLETTERS Emailed Daily.

Kirsty Coventry has completed a ceremonial baton change before she takes over as International Olympic Committee president next month, handing off oversight of preparations for the Brisbane 2032 ...

Kirsty Coventry has smashed through the glass ceiling of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to become the organisation’s first woman and first African president in its 130-year history ...

BRISBANE, Australia — Kirsty Coventry has completed a ceremonial baton change before she takes over as International Olympic Committee president next month, handing off oversight of preparations ...

Coventry, at 41, is also the youngest IOC president since Pierre de Coubertin was elected as its first in 1896. She saw off the challenge of Sebastian Coe among others for the job at an IOC ...

Zimbabwe sports minster Kirsty Coventry on Thursday became the first woman and first African elected as president of the International Olympic Committee. Coventry, 41, was chosen over six other ...