Groundbreaking but controversial - new IOC president Coventry

• Kirsty Coventry becomes first female president of International Olympic Committee

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

  Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee
  
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• Kirsty Coventry elected as first woman and first African to lead IOC

  Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee.
  
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• Coventry the first woman elected as IOC pres.

  Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee, becoming the first woman and first African to hold the post.
  
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  Coventry elected as IOC's first female president

  Zimbabwe's sports minister Kirsty Coventry is elected as the new IOC president, becoming the first woman and first African to hold the role.
  
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• Seb Coe humiliated as Kirsty Coventry becomes new Olympics president

  Lord Coe suffered a crushing defeat in his bid to become president of the International Olympic Committee, with Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry routing her six rivals in the first round of voting to ...
  
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• Kirsty Coventry becomes first woman to lead International Olympic Committee

  Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, saying it was an "extraordinary moment"."This is an ...
  
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  Kirsty Coventry elected IOC president and is first woman, first African to lead global Olympic body

  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 world sports.
  
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  Coventry elected first female IOC president as Coe beaten

  Zimbabwe's sports minister Kirsty Coventry is elected as the new IOC president, becoming the first woman and first African to hold the role.
  
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