Coventry was voted in with an absolute majority in the 144th Session of the IOC in Pylos, Greece and will replace outgoing president Thomas Bach for at least the next eight years.
 

It took just one round of voting by electronic secret ballot to confirm the former swimmer as the new president of the IOC, making her one of world sport’s most powerful figures.

Coventry, Africa’s most decorated Olympian, with seven medals received more than a 50 percent majority of the 106 votes cast in the session.

Zimbabwe’s 41-year-old sports minister also rewrote the history book by becoming the first woman, the first African and the youngest person to hold the role.

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