Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee. She's the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in global sports, and aged just 41.

Newly elected International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry has arrived in her home country of Zimbabwe to a hero ...

Coventry was chosen over six other candidates, including Lord Sebastian Coe and Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr, to succeed Thomas ...

Many Zimbabweans question why Coventry was unable to reverse the decay of the country’s badly neglected sports facilities ...

Kirsty Coventry, 41, of Zimbabwe becomes the first woman to lead the IOC. She is eligible to serve up to a 12-year term.

Kirsty Coventry was elected the new president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday. Coventry, 41, becomes the ...

Kirsty Coventry, an Olympic champion swimmer turned sports administrator, was on Thursday elected as the new president of the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry on her election as International Olympic Committee ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became the first woman and first ...

We are confident that under Kirsty’s leadership, the IOC will provide the stability and support necessary to achieve our shared goals." With Thursday's win, Coventry ascends to one of the most ...

Kirsty Coventry, the Olympic swimmer from Zimbabwe, was elected president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday ...

International Olympic Committee members elected Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry as president, replacing Thomas Bach, the committee ...