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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…
