Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), becoming the first woman and first African in the committee’s 131-year history to get the job. The former swimmer, a two-time Olympic gold medallist, won 49 of the 97 votes of the IOC membership in the first round of voting
Kirsty Coventry elected first female president of IOC as Coe routed in vote
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