LA 2028 Olympics adds swimming sprints and mixed-gender gymnastics

found 2025 › Apr › 09 (Wed) @ 18:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

LA28 will feature 28 more medal events than Paris 2024
Swimming to add 50m back, 50m breast and 50m fly
Mixed-gender events added in artistic gymnastics, golf

Sprint-distance swimming races and mixed-ge…

Kirsty Coventry’s in-tray: six big issues facing IOC’s new president

found 2025 › Mar › 23 (Sun) @ 09:07 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

From protecting women’s sport to the return of Russia and keeping the Olympics relevant, the former gold medallist has tough challenges ahead

As a seven-time Olympic swimming medallist, Kirsty Coventr…

‘It’s a privilege’: Boris van der Vorst, the man who saved Olympic boxing

found 2025 › Mar › 23 (Sun) @ 09:07 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

By forming a new governing body, World Boxing, the Dutchman prevented the sport being banished by the IOC

“It feels like such a sweet week and of course I’m very happy and proud,” Boris van der Vorst …

View from Africa: how Kirsty Coventry will handle sport’s biggest job at the IOC

found 2025 › Mar › 22 (Sat) @ 11:49 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Incoming president owes her position to political support but is promising a collective and sustainable approach

The International Olympic Committee’s president-elect, Kirsty Coventry, did not initial…

So it’s victory for Kirsty Coventry in the IOC elections. Who says cards with a rigged deck isn’t an Olympic sport? | Marina Hyde

found 2025 › Mar › 21 (Fri) @ 16:13 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

The Zimbabwean has global sport’s top job but Britain’s Sebastian Coe was snubbed, and with good reason: he might have changed things

Congratulations to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on th…

Groundbreaking but controversial - new IOC president Coventry

found 2025 › Mar › 21 (Fri) @ 16:13 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

Kirsty Coventry will become the 10th International Olympic Committee (IOC) president but why is she both a groundbreaking and controversial choice?

Kirsty Coventry elected as first woman IOC president

found 2025 › Mar › 21 (Fri) @ 06:09 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera › Al Jazeera English

Coventry wins the race to succeed Thomas Bach and will be first African to become International Olympic Committee chief.

Kirsty Coventry elected as first female president of IOC

found 2025 › Mar › 21 (Fri) @ 06:09 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera › Al Jazeera English

The International Olympic Committee elected Kirsty Coventry as its first female president with a single round of voting.

So who is Kirsty Coventry, who now has global sport’s most powerful job? | Sean Ingle

found 2025 › Mar › 21 (Fri) @ 06:09 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

IOC’s first female president faces significant challenges including handling Donald Trump’s power and protecting women’s sports

Barely an hour after Kirsty Coventry had become the most powerful figure…

British Olympic hero Sharron Davies blasts IOC after Lord Coe lost election race and throws gauntlet down to new president to protect women's sport after boxing gender row at Paris Games

found 2025 › Mar › 21 (Fri) @ 06:09 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

New International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry is facing immediate calls to protect the women's category after securing a landslide election win.