Posted on 03/24/2025 5:27:54 PM PDT by DallasBiff
Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), becoming the first woman and African to ever be elected to the position.
Coventry, 41, will also be the youngest ever to assume the role and came through a field of seven contenders in the seaside resort of Costa Navarino in Greece to land the most powerful job in world sport.
Coventry will officially take up the role on June 24, after incumbent Thomas Bach steps down following a 12-year spell in charge.
Coventry will arrive at a time of heightened geopolitical uncertainty around the globe, question marks over the direction of the Olympic movement in the 21st century, and more scrutiny than ever on issues concerning gender identity and equality, among others.
“This is an extraordinary moment. As an nine-year girl, I never thought I would be standing up here one day getting to give back to this incredible movement of ours,” Coventry said after her election.
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Well to the American left just a few a days ago, you can only be a true African is to look like Nelson Mandela.
And somehow I won’t watch a single second of it. Especially since all those “transmen” beat all the real men......
Oh wait.
Quit watching when Bob Costas stuck his pink eye infection in our televisions, often close-up.
Last Olympics I watched any part of was Sochi. London for the summer version. They’ve been dead to me since. Almost zero chance I’ll watch anything in the future.
The last olympics I watched was the 1980 Winter Olympics...that was not a bad one to go out on.
I completely lost all interest when it became professional.
What? And miss all the in depth interviews with synchronized swimming or half-pipe snowboarding athletes.
“... the most powerful job in world sport.”
author is on drugs
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