Coventry is first woman to be elected IOC president

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Coventry is first woman to be elected IOC president

Zimbabwes sports minister Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the new president of the International Olympic Committee.

The 41-year-old former swimmer, who won two Olympic gold medals, replaces German Thomas Bach - who had held the role since 2013 - and becomes the first woman, the first African and the youngest person to hold the role.

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