International Olympic Committee

Zimbabwe sports minister Kirsty Coventry is one of the seven leading candidates vying for the position of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency, Afrosport reports. Coventry, a former Olympic swimmer, has won seven of Zimbabwe’s eight medals at the Games, and she is the only woman and African on the list of possible candidates. The 41-year-old, looking to become the first woman and African to head...

Paris 2024: IOC reacts to controversial women’s bout involving Algerian boxer Imane Khelif

by Ibikunle Salako

2 August 2024

The International Olympic Committee, through its spokesman Mark Adams, has come out in support of Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who was involved in a controversial bout in the women’s boxing tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Thursday. Adams said the two boxers, who participated in the women’s boxing event, were eligible to fight as women despite claims from Khelif’s opponent, Angela Carini, saying she might...

Paris 2024: David Lappartient elected as new CNOSF president

by Ibikunle Salako

30 June 2023

Ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics, David Lappartient has been appointed as the new French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) President with a huge margin of about 80 percent of the votes. Lappartient, a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), is set to guide the CNOSF through the final phase of preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games and is expected to...

Artistic swimming open to male athletes at 2024 Olympic Games

by Ibikunle Salako

23 December 2022

Male athletes have been granted permission to compete in the artistic swimming events for the first time ever at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, according to a statement released by World Athletics on Thursday. This follows the International Olympic Committee's decision to approve the request made by the world swimming body to include men's participation in the event at the Games. Artistic swimming, formerly known...

Kenya’s Jelimo receives Olympic medal after 10 years

by Ibikunle Salako

9 December 2022

Kenyan middle-distance runner Pamela Jelimo has been awarded her bronze medal, ten years after competing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The 2008 Olympic gold medallist was upgraded from fourth to third place in 2017 after Russia's Mariya Savinova was disqualified due to a doping violation in 2015 that led to the annulment of all her results between July 2010 and August 2013. At 18 years...

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Kirsty Coventry: Zimbabwe sports minister vying for International Olympic Committee presidency

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Paris 2024: David Lappartient elected as new CNOSF president

Artistic swimming open to male athletes at 2024 Olympic Games

Kenya’s Jelimo receives Olympic medal after 10 years

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