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The Latest Breaking News from the International Olympic Committee

Kirsty Coventry takes office as first female IOC president

The former swimmer has officially succeeded Thomas Bach after beating Sebastian Coe to the job

The Independent UK

Enhanced Games' Aussie boss flags aquatics legal action

The Australian behind Enhanced Games is flagging a legal challenge to a World Aquatics by-law giving it power to ban anyone involved in the drug-friendly games.

AAP

The fast-tracking of Brisbane’s Olympic infrastructure plans could backfire

Brisbane was awarded the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games nearly four years ago under a reformed host selection process.

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'Dumbfounded': IOC meeting sought over 2032 venue

An advocacy group is seeking an urgent meeting with the International Olympic Committee in a bid to stop the construction of Brisbane 2032's centrepiece venue.

AAP

Peaty Says Yes To 2028 Olympics After New Swim Events Added

Adam Peaty announced Wednesday he intends to compete at a fourth Olympics after six new swimming events were added to the 2028 Los Angeles Games in what he called "an amazing decision."

International Business Times

Brisbane 2032 is no longer legally bound to be ‘climate positive’. Will it still leave a green legacy?

When Brisbane was awarded the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it came with a widely publicised landmark promise: the world’s first “climate-positive” games.

The Conversation

Who is Kirsty Coventry and how did she become the most powerful person in world sports?

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has elected a woman as its president for the first time ever. Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry is also the youngest ever IOC president and the first from an African country, becoming a symbol of the IOC’s drive to diversify its leadership and image.

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‘Lovely gentle dinosaurs’: Brisbane 2032 Olympic rowing may be held in saltwater crocodile habitat

The Brisbane 2032 Olympic rowing may be held on river inhabited by ‘lovely, gentle dinosaurs’

The Guardian - AU

Brisbane Olympics 2032: why these Games could turn out nothing like we had planned

The IOC – which gave us 11 years to plan – must be nervous about the state of affairs

The Guardian - AU

ICC chairman Jay Shah congratulates Kirsty Coventry on being elected as new IOC president

Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Jay Shah, congratulated the newly-elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Kirsty Coventry, after the Zimbabwean became the first female and the first African to head the IOC.

The Times of India

How will the history-making new Olympics boss shape sports worldwide, and in Australia?

In a surprisingly emphatic result, 41-year-old Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe’s Sport Minister, was selected as the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at its 144th session in Greece.

The Conversation

First female Olympic president elected as Kirsty Coventry defeats Sebastian Coe

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

The National (Scotland)

Zimbabwe's Coventry elected as head of International Olympic Committee

Seven-time Olympic medallist Kirsty Coventry was elected on Thursday as president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Radio France Internationale

Kirsty Coventry Elected First Woman President Of Olympic Movement

Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, declaring it to be an "extraordinary moment".

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Cycling News

UCI's David Lappartient loses IOC presidential election as Kirsty Coventry becomes first woman elected to prestigious role

President of cycling's governing body not chosen for one of the most powerful roles in sport as Coventry makes history in Greece

International Business Times

Out Of Africa: Hard Knocks The Spur For History-making Coventry

Kirsty Coventry says she has "learned the best lessons by failing" and the Zimbabwean swimming great's mantra appears to have served her well after she became the first woman and African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

The Times of India

Kirsty Coventry elected first female president of International Olympic Committee

NEW DELHI: Kirsty Coventry made history on Thursday by becoming the first woman and the first African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), calling it an "extraordinary moment."

The Guardian - UK

Kirsty Coventry named new IOC president as Coe denied in election vote – as it happened

A vote expected to be tense, tight and protracted turned out to be one-sided and extraordinarily brief, ending with Kirsty Coventry’s election as IOC president

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The Independent UK

IOC presidential election LIVE: Ex-swimmer Kirsty Coventry beats Seb Coe as historic results revealed

Lord Coe was beaten to the presidency by Zimbabwean former swimmer Kirsty Coventry in a battle for the most powerful post in sport

International Business Times

Race To Become Olympics Supremo On A Knife Edge

The race to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee reaches a climax on Thursday with Juan Antonio Samaranch Junior, Sebastian Coe and Kirsty Coventry believed to be neck and neck but clear of the remaining quartet.

International Business Times

Race To Become Olympics Supremo Set To Go To The Wire

The Guardian - UK

Coe feels ‘momentum’ but IOC presidential race remains on knife-edge

Sebastian Coe feels he has momentum as the race to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee reaches its final hours

Radio France Internationale

Zimbabwe's aspiring Olympics supremo Coventry targets development of athletes

Seven-time Olympic medallist Kirsty Coventry vowed to use the memories of her trials and tribulations as an aspiring athlete in Zimbabwe to improve the lot of up-and-coming youngsters if she were to be elected as the next president of the International Olympic Committee. (IOC).

Al Jazeera

Boxing champion Imane Khelif targets second Olympic gold at LA 2028 Games

Algerian gold medallist says she has ‘nothing to hide’ and vows to defend her title at the 2028 Summer Games in the US.

International Business Times

Heavyweight Trio Eye History In Race To Succeed Olympics Chief Bach

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