Kirsty Coventry: Revolutionary Olympic age begins in Lausanne!
Kirsty Coventry: Revolutionary Olympic age begins in Lausanne!
Lausanne, Schweiz - The sports world is head! Kirsty Coventry, the former swimming icon from Zimbabwe, wrote history by choosing the first woman and at the same time the first African at the top of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), like Sweden Herald reported. On June 24, Coventry will take over the official business of Thomas Bach, who has previously acted as her mentor. Your choice sends a strong signal for diversity and global representation in sports. Coventry himself said that she now had to "handle difficult men" and underlined the importance of communication, especially with regard to dealing with US President Donald Trump and the upcoming Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
challenges for the new president
Coventry not only has impressive sporting successes - she won a total of seven Olympic medals - but also political experience because she has been in Zimbabwe since 2018. As Krone , there are already major challenges to overcome, including the controversial participation of Russian athletes after the doping scandal and the Ukraine conflict. Among other things, Coventry plans to establish a task force to make decisions about the approval of transgender athletes that could be groundbreaking for the Olympic Games in Paris from 2024.
With her choice, Coventry has formulated clear demands on a positive development of the IOC. Her predecessor Bach praised her as a desired candidate and emphasized that you have developed a timetable for the coming term. In view of the financial stability of the IOC - the income has increased by 60 percent - it is now due to Coventry to make games attractive to the digital generation. The Olympic Games have already been awarded by 2034, but the time after 2036 will be decisive for the future of the IOC.| Details | |
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