How will the history-making new Olympics boss shape sports worldwide, and in Australia?
- Written by Richard Baka, Honorary Professor, School of Kinesiology, Western University, London, Canada; Adjunct Fellow, Olympic Scholar and Co-Director of the Olympic and Paralympic Research Centre, Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University
In a surprisingly emphatic result, 41-year-old Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe’s Sport Minister, was selected as the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at its 144th session in Greece.
Coventry is the first woman, the first African, and the youngest person ever to take on the role.
So how did she rise to this position, and...
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