Costa Navareno, Greece — Kirsti Coventre was elected chairman of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, becoming the first woman and the first African to achieve the greatest job in the world sports.
Zimbabwe’s sporting minister and twice the Olympic swimming gold medal in the first round won a surprising victory in the seven candidates race after 97 members voted on Thursday.
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Kirsti Coventre has been elected president of the IOC, with Princess Fissal al-Hussein, David Laceent, Johann Ilia, Juan Antonio Samarranch, Lord Sebastian Ko and Mourinary. Pic.twitter.com/9s0f0z0pwm
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That was the most open and difficult presidential election in decades, with no clear leader before the vote. Many predicted that the absolute majority could get several rounds of votes, but he received the total accuracy of 49 votes.
Coventre’s victory was also a victory for IOC chief Thomas Bach, who has long been seen as his successor. He did not use his right to vote.
“You’re all very, very, very proud and I hope they have a lot of confidence in the decision you have made,” Coventre said. “Now we’ve achieved some things together.
Walking on the podium, he was expected to win 28 votes by Juan Antonio Samranch. Sebastian Koy, in third place, ranked only eight degrees.
Four chairmans of the sporting board also included tracks and Field players, the candidates were Johann Ilia, David Lappartisti, and Mourinary at the Gymnastics temperature. Prince Fisal al-Hussein was also calculated in Jordan.
Coventre officially replaces his garden coach on June 23 — officially Olympic — as the 10th IOC president in his 131-year history. The garden reached a maximum of 12 years in his post.
The main obstacles to Coventre through political and sporting issues to the 2028 summer matches in Los Angeles, including participation in diplomacy with US President Donald Trump, will be directed by the Olympic Movement.
Coventre will also need to find a hospitality for the 2036 summer games, which can move to India or the Middle East.
The strongest candidates appeared in a five-month strict controlled campaign by the iOC-based iOC, vice-president of IOC Samarang and COE.
Samranch tried to follow his father, and Juan Antonio Samarranch, the seventh IOC president from 1980 to
The aim of adding an interesting career for the Olympics was twice the Olympic gold medal in 1,500 meters, leading a 2012 London Olympic team and then working to lead the team to organize the games that were widely praised.
It was a star week to the garden, which greeted Coventre and after his speech, he was a warm smile.
Bach was celebrated at the beginning of the IOC annual meeting on Wednesday, praised and the title of Honorary President forever.
Its presidency will take over a secure financial iOC on the route of more than $8 billion through the 2028 La Olympics, with a hosting board until 2034: in Italy, the United States, France, Australia and the United States, when winter games return to Salt Lake.
A Bach signing policy was also gender equality, with equality in men and women in the 2024 Paris Olympics, and a better balance of women members in IOC and the board of directors, who are now seven women, including Coventre.
The success of Thursday will only increase the inheritance of the garden to raise women.
Coventre won his back title in the 200-meter-back title at the 2004 Athens Olympics and after four years in 2004. In 2013, he joined the IOC, nearly a year after selecting disagreements at the London Olympics. His place among the four athletes was finally awarded after the arbitration court for sports decisions against two rivals.
The next president can supervise the IOC to make a statement to host his own summer 2036 games.
“There is one and one,” Samarang said on Wednesday. “We must focus our successful and relevant Olympics. The rest have won in the games.
The voters of the special club invited to iOC include members of the royal family, former lawmakers and diplomats, commercial leaders, sports officials and Olympic athletes. Even Oscar-winning actor Michel Yo.
Members voted without listening to more candidates in an election that were significantly formed in a cautious network of friendship and alliances.