COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (AP) — Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in ...

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry visited Washington Elementary today during her first trip to the state since becoming IOC president. The visit ...

Coventry was elected in the first round of voting by members in the 144th IOC session at Costa Navarino in Greece on Thursday, a landmark appointment with the former champion Zimbabwean swimmer being ...

An Olympic champion swimmer from Zimbabwe, Coventry was elected the IOC’s first woman and first African president last year and is likely to preside over Utah’s second Winter Games. She succeeded ...

The IOC has its first female president. Kirsty Coventry is the first woman to be elected head of the International Olympic Committee, meeting in Costa Navarino in Greece, and will succeed Thomas Ba ...

Coventry, who began her daylong visit to the state by meeting privately with Gov. Spencer Cox and other state and local leaders at the Governor’s Mansion, told the students about traveling around the ...

State shows “excitement and enthusiasm” for hosting 2034 Winter Games.

The decision is the most significant since Kirsty Coventry was elected last year to serve as president of the I.O.C. By Tariq Panja The International Olympic Committee has barred transgender athletes ...

IOC shuts down 12 Olympic committees in switch to smaller expert advisory groups LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Olympic Committee is shutting down 12 permanent committees focusing on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry visited Washington Elementary today during her first trip to the ...