Newly elected International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry has arrived in her home country of Zimbabwe to a hero ...

The next president of the International Olympic Committee is a former Zimbabwe swimmer who is Africa’s most decorated ...

Former Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry is being celebrated in Zimbabwe. She has made history by becoming the first female ...

Ms. Coventry, a former Olympic swimming champion who has been Zimbabwe’s sports minister, faces urgent issues including the ...

Kirsty Coventry’s rise to the pinnacle of world ... Her success made her a national treasure in Zimbabwe, but that status has also proved something of a thorn in her side in the run-up to ...

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was elected president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday, becoming the ...

Behind closed doors inside a resort in western Greece, International Olympic Committee members elected the first female ...

The 41-year-old Zimbabwe resident will become the 10th president in the 131-year history of the International Olympic ...

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has been elected the first female president of the International Olympic Committee, and the 10th ...

HARARE - Former Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry is being celebrated in Zimbabwe. She has made history by becoming the first female president of the IOC and the first African elected to the position.

Kirsty Coventry, 41, of Zimbabwe becomes the first woman to lead the IOC. She is eligible to serve up to a 12-year term.

Coventry was chosen over six other candidates, including Lord Sebastian Coe and Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr, to succeed Thomas ...