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.
Olympic boxing was all but dead. Now the IOC has saved it.
Not long ago it appeared as if boxing would be removed from the Olympic program, perhaps forever. Years of scandals, allegations of match fixing and battles between Olympic leaders and boxing’s ...
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International Olympic Committee votes to include boxing at 2028 Games
After a lengthy stretch of uncertainty, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted this morning to include boxing at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles. As the article points out, said uncertainty ...
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After historic Olympic election comes leadership issues for IOC president Kirsty Coventry
COSTA NAVARINO, Greece — After enjoying a stunning election win comes the sober business of leading the International Olympic Committee for Kirsty Coventry. The first woman president elected in the ...
Olympic contest to pick IOC president is quirky and controlled by tight campaign and voting rules
COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (AP) — The IOC is the undisputed champion ... with getting limited access to their fellow International Olympic Committee members during a five-month campaign.
Kirsty Coventry elected IOC president and is first woman, first African to lead global Olympic body
IOC President Thomas Bach, foreground, smiles as candidate to the presidency of the International Olympic Committee Juan Antonio Samaranch stands in the background during the 144th session which will ...
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A look at the seven candidates in the International Olympic Committee presidential election
He wants to relax strict broadcast rules and let Olympic athletes use footage of their games performances on social media and be global influencers. Though clearly an outsider in the IOC contest, the ...
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Surfing Has a New Ally at the Head of the International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee elected Kirsty Coventry as its new president. With Coventry's deep ties to surfing, ...
Olympic gold medalist Kirsty Coventry makes IOC history as first female president
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 that ...
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Kirsty Coventry makes history as first woman elected IOC president
also served as IOC president. Seb Coe, the president of the international ... her as she steers the Olympic Movement into the future," U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee chair Gene Sykes ...
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Olympics-Coventry becomes first woman and first African to lead International Olympic Committee
PYLOS, Greece (Reuters) -Kirsty Coventry smashed through the International Olympic Committee’s glass ceiling on Thursday ... with so much pride," a beaming Coventry told her fellow IOC members at the ...
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A look at the seven candidates in the International Olympic Committee presidential election
A look at the seven candidates in the International Olympic Committee presidential election ... That move, and how it was announced, annoyed outgoing IOC president Thomas Bach and also leaders ...