Newly elected IOC President Kirsty Coventry celebrated on return home to Zimbabwe
Newly elected International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry has arrived in her home country of Zimbabwe to a hero ...
Kirsty Coventry—the Soft Face of Zimbabwe's Dictatorship—Could Be the Next President of the IOC | Opinion
Her poor performance as Zimbabwe's sports minister and her leaning into the role of the soft face of Zimbabwe's brutal regime ...
Who is Kirsty Coventry and how did she become the most powerful person in world sports?
The IOC is betting on a younger female leader to signal change. She enters the ring at a crucial time for athletes.
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Kirsty Coventry elected IOC president, becoming first woman and first African to lead the Olympic body
Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International ... "It is a signal that we are truly global," the Zimbabwe sports minister and two-time Olympic swimming gold medalist said.
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Kirsty Coventry Will Lead Olympics as I.O.C.’s First Female President
Ms. Coventry, 41, from Zimbabwe, was the only woman among the ... “The vast majority of I.O.C. members voted for Kirsty Coventry,” he said. “And that meant they had an idea they wanted ...
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Kirsty Coventry makes history as first woman elected IOC president
Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has been elected as the first female president of the International Olympic Committee, emerging from a contentious seven-candidate race Thursday to take hold of one of ...
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Kirsty Coventry makes Zimbabwe proud, despite some criticism
Zimbabwe expressed pride at the appointment of Kirsty Coventry as International Olympic Committee (IOC) president.
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Kirsty Coventry elected first female president of International Olympic Committee
Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has been elected the first female president of the International Olympic Committee, and the 10th president overall of the organization that was founded in 1894. IOC members ...
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Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry elected to lead the International Olympic Committee
SALT LAKE CITY — Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was elected president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday, becoming the Switzerland-based organization's first woman and first African ...
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Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry elected as 1st-ever female IOC president
Kirsty Coventry will become the IOC's 10th president ... position she could have never imagined back in her home country of Zimbabwe at nine years old, when she set a goal to go to the Olympics.
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Kirsty Coventry becomes first woman, African elected as IOC president
March 20 (UPI) --International Olympic Committee members elected Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry as president, replacing Thomas Bach, the committee announced Thursday. Coventry will be the first woman ...
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Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry elected to lead the International Olympic Committee. Here’s what she says about Trump
Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was elected president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday, becoming the Switzerland-based organization’s first woman and first African leader.