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Olympics-Kirsty Coventry: From Olympic champion to president of the IOC

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 milestone as the first African and first female to lead the Olympic movement.

Who is Kirsty Coventry, the next president of the International Olympic Committee?

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The next president of the International Olympic Committee is a former Zimbabwe swimmer who is Africa's most decorated Olympian and a minister in a government often accused of oppressing political opposition.

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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 voted Coventry, a seven-time Olympic swimming medalist, into the role’s eight-year term (renewable for an extra four years) on Thursday.

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'Fired me up': How a pep talk before Olympic medal win sparked IU senior's strong season

What a run for Anna Peplowski, "kind of a ditz" as a freshman at Indiana to an Olympic medalist. But her strong run was ...

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Olympic Gymnast Jade Carey Goes Instagram Official With Girlfriend

In the game of love, Jade Carey appears to have won big. The Olympic gymnast, 24, surprised fans when she seemingly hard ...

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Former Auburn swimmer elected International Olympic Committee president

Kirsty Coventry, a Zimbabwean swimmer who competed for Auburn in the early 2000s, has been elected president of the IOC.

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Olympic gold medalist Kirsty Coventry makes IOC history as first female president

The IOC elected two-time Olympic gold medalist Kirsty Coventry as its new president in a vote on Thursday. She will replace Thomas Bach.

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