Kirsty Coventry made sporting history by being elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at its General Assembly on March 20, 2025. On Monday (June 23, 2025) she officially ...

Kirsty Coventry broke several barriers when she became the president of the International Olympic Committee on Monday, as she is both the first woman and first African person to hold the position.

A seven-time Olympic medalist, Coventry emphasized the need to protect the female category during her campaign to be IOC President. The 41-year-old from Zimbabwe is a seven-time Olympic medalist.

Kirsty Coventry, the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), says its members have shown "overwhelming support" to protecting the female category in sport.

Kirsty Coventry can remember the spot in her living room 33 years ago when, shortly after getting out of the pool and still wearing her swimsuit, she watched TV coverage of the Barcelona Olympics and ...

GENEVA (AP) — The world Kirsty Coventry walks into Monday as the International Olympic Committee’s first female and first African president is already very different to the one she was elected ...

SPORT, Recreation, Arts and Culture minister, Anselem Sanyatwe, has begun a major shakeup in Zimbabwe sport, announcing a new board for the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC). The board will be ...

FILE -Kirsty Coventry, of Zimbabwe, kisses her gold medal after winning the 200-meter backstroke at the Olympic Aquatic Centre during the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Aug. 20, 2004., File) ...