Sport inside – your deep dive into sport.
02/03/2026.
44:00 Min..
Available until January 29, 2046.
WDR 5.
In March 2025, Kirsty Coventry will be elected President of the International Olympic Committee. As the first woman and first African in the history of the IOC. And after Coubertin, the youngest in this position. A fairytale rise for the former top athlete from Zimbabwe. In her home country she was sports minister. And that’s exactly where your fairy tales begin to crack, says Sport inside author Robert Kempe.
Questions, suggestions and topic requests? Write to us! [email protected] Author: Robert Kempe Moderation and dramaturgy: Nora Hespers Editorial team: Uli Loke / Michael Ostermann Producer: Tim Schneider Editing: Mendy Stoll The film “Kirsty Coventry – From the Golden Girl to the Olympic Throne” at: https://1.ard.de/kirsty-coventry?pod=inside Our podcast tip “Sportschau F – Inspiring women from sport” can be found here: http://www.wdr.de/k/sportschau-f-inspirierte-frauen-aus-dem-sport You can find even more from Sport inside in the background area of the Sportschau: http://www.wdr.de/k/background And on the Sport inside page: http://www.wdr.de/k/sport-inside
The film “Kirsty Coventry – From the Golden Girl to the Olympic Throne” at:
https://1.ard.de/kirsty-coventry?pod=inside
You can find our podcast tip “Sportschau F – Inspiring women from sport” here:
http://www.wdr.de/k/sportschau-f-inspirierte-frauen-aus-dem-sport
You can also find even more from Sport inside in the background area of the sports show:
http://www.wdr.de/k/background
And on the Sport inside website:
http://www.wdr.de/k/sport-inside
