After the stunning election win comes the sober business of leading the International Olympic Committee for Kirsty Coventry.

The International Olympic Committee elected its first female president Thursday by choosing Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry on a first vote. Coventry, 41, long has been seen as a favorite of outgoing ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became the first woman and first ...

The stunning first-round election of Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry as the next International Olympic Committee president made her the first female and first African to lead the IOC but more importantly ...

Outgoing International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said he was “very much relieved” to see the organisation’s members unite behind Kirsty Coventry, who was voted in as his successor in ...

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

Two-time Olympic 800m gold medallist Caster Semenya hopes that newly appointed International Olympic Committee (IOC) ...

A new president of the IOC will be elected Thursday, just the 10th leader in its 131-year history after one of the most open Olympic elections in decades. The winner will get an eight-year mandate ...

Former German fencer and longtime IOC executive Thomas Bach has had the job since 2013. WOMEN'S SPORTS: The latest news and insider insights from USA TODAY Studio IX. Coventry had long been one of ...

Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry, the first African president of the International Olympic Com-mittee (IOC), can "even exceed the expectations" of the continent, said her predecessor Thomas Bach on Friday.