Downshift 🍁<p>Kirsty Coventry becomes first <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/woman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>woman</span></a> elected president of International Olympic Committee <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/IOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IOC</span></a></p><p>The 41-year-old two-time <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Olympic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Olympic</span></a> swimming <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/champion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>champion</span></a>, who is from $Zimbabwe, is also the first <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/African" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>African</span></a> to be elected, and the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/youngest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>youngest</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/03/20/kirsty-coventry-elected-president-of-international-olympic-committee_6739358_4.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lemonde.fr/en/international/ar</span><span class="invisible">ticle/2025/03/20/kirsty-coventry-elected-president-of-international-olympic-committee_6739358_4.html</span></a></p>