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

The stunning first-round election of Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry as the next International Olympic Committee president made ...

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

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

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

After the stunning election win comes the sober business of leading the International Olympic Committee for Kirsty Coventry.

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

In addition to becoming the first female IOC president, Coventry is also the first person from Africa to hold the role. There have been only nine other IOC presidents since the organization's ...

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 ...

The IOC has previously called a return to sex testing a "bad idea" but Coventry is not ruling it out as she spoke about protecting the female category. "This is a conversation that's happened and ...

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