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Kirsty Coventry elected first female president of IOC as Coe routed in vote
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The former Olympic swimming champion Kirsty Coventry has become the first woman to lead the International Olympic Committee in its 131-year history, after a shock first-round win over a seven-strong field that included Britain’s Sebastian Coe.
The 41-year-old Coventry won 49 of the 97 votes of the IOC membership, giving her an immediate majority and also making her the first African to become IOC president and the most powerful woman in global sport.
But it was a crushing day for Lord Coe, who was widely accepted to have the best CV, having won two Olympic gold medals, run the London 2012 Games and been World Athletics president since 2015. He secured only eight votes, putting him in third place behind the Spaniard Juan Antonio Samaranch, who picked up 28 votes.
The 41-year-old Coventry won 49 of the 97 votes of the IOC membership, giving her an immediate majority and also making her the first African to become IOC president and the most powerful woman in global sport.
But it was a crushing day for Lord Coe, who was widely accepted to have the best CV, having won two Olympic gold medals, run the London 2012 Games and been World Athletics president since 2015. He secured only eight votes, putting him in third place behind the Spaniard Juan Antonio Samaranch, who picked up 28 votes.
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