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Kirsty Coventry takes over as Olympic president and promises to change lives

  • First woman in the role replaces Thomas Bach

  • ‘We are guardians of the Olympic movement’

Kirsty Coventry has promised to change lives and inspire hope during an official ceremony to mark her taking over…

Kirsty Coventry is now the most powerful person in sport and faces a bulging in-tray | Sean Ingle

Bach’s successor is already making a positive impression but will need all her resolve at mammoth organisation

A new day has broken, has it not? For several reasons, Tony Blair’s 1997 election victory…

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Kirsty Coventry vows to stay humble as the first female president of the IOC

  • Zimbabwean opts against using luxury hotels

  • Coventry wants IOC members to speak their minds

Kirsty Coventry has promised to not let power go to her head when she becomes the first female president of t…

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Kirsty Coventry’s in-tray: six big issues facing IOC’s new president

From protecting women’s sport to the return of Russia and keeping the Olympics relevant, the former gold medallist has tough challenges ahead

As a seven-time Olympic swimming medallist, Kirsty Coventr…

View from Africa: how Kirsty Coventry will handle sport’s biggest job at the IOC

Incoming president owes her position to political support but is promising a collective and sustainable approach

The International Olympic Committee’s president-elect, Kirsty Coventry, did not initial…

Armed robbers ransack new Olympic president Kirsty Coventry's parents' home and steal £46,000 of jewellery, cash and her gold-winning swimming costumes

Armed robbers broke into the Zimbabwe home of Kirsty Coventry's parents before making off with sporting mementos belonging to the new International Olympic Committee president.

So it’s victory for Kirsty Coventry in the IOC elections. Who says cards with a rigged deck isn’t an Olympic sport? | Marina Hyde

The Zimbabwean has global sport’s top job but Britain’s Sebastian Coe was snubbed, and with good reason: he might have changed things

Congratulations to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on th…

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