The IOC is betting on a younger female leader to signal change. She enters the ring at a crucial time for athletes.

Newly elected International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry has arrived in her home country of Zimbabwe to a hero’s welcome as her victory is celebrated as a national milestone.

From the list of seven candidates, former Zimbabwean athlete and winner of seven medals, Kirsty ... Coventry’s election might leave a strong impression that something is changing at the IOC.

Zimbabwe's Sports Minister and double Olympic swimming champion, Kirsty Coventry, is the first African and youngest person, at 41, to assume the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ...

speaks next to the president-elect of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Kirsty Coventry, left, at the opening of the ...

Since 2015 he has been president of World Athletics. Image: New IOC president Kirsty Coventry beat Sebastian Coe in the race for one of the most powerful roles in global sport More recently, Coe ...

Incoming International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry has revealed to Sky News she is against ... But the first African leader of the IOC sees inconsistencies in the current approach ...

Kirsty Coventry’s rise to political importance as a white woman in a black majority Zimbabwe shows how sport is able to ...

HARARE – International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s President-elect, Kirsty Coventry was warmly welcomed by IOC President Thomas Bach, IOC Director General Christophe De Kepper and IOC staff at Olympic ...

Two-time Olympic 800m gold medallist Caster Semenya hopes that newly appointed International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Kirsty Coventry will prioritize athletes during her tenure.