History made as Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry elected as first African, female IOC president
Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry on Thursday etched her name in the history books as she has been elected the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Afrosport reports. The 41-year-old, who was chosen from a secret ballot of seven candidates at the 144th IOC Session in Costa Navarino, Greece, becomes the first woman and first African to serve as IOC president. Coventry has been elected for...
