Kirsty Coventry First female IOC boss: ‘I felt like when I won Olympic gold for the first time’

She was the youngest of the seven candidates, the only woman in the ambitious company and, according to many insiders, not the only contender. Nevertheless, Kirsty Coventry (41) already received the absolute majority behind in the first voting round in the election of the new IOC president. The current Minister of Sport in Zimbabwe becomes the first female IOC president in history after nine men. And also the first from Africa.

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