Costa Navarino, Greece, March 20, 2025 (AFP) - Kirsty Coventry says her win shows IOC 'open to diversity'

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Kirsty Coventry said her election as the first woman and first African president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday showed that the IOC is "open to diversity." At 41, the Zimbabwean sports minister is also the youngest to occupy the role of the most powerful person in sports governance. "It is a really powerful signal we are truly global and evolved into an organisation open to diversity," she said. pi/gj ...

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