"The young girl who first started swimming in Zimbabwe all those years ... Even an Oscar-winning actress, Michelle Yeoh. Members voted without hearing further presentations from the candidates ...

Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee, becoming the first woman and first African ...

Credit: AP Voters comprised of invited IOC members, including royals, Olympic athletes and even Oscar-winning actress Michelle Yeoh who became ... Zimbabwe in multiple swimming events.

Coventry, a two-time swimming gold medallist ... Oscar-winning actress Michelle Yeoh and British royal Princess Anne. Bach, who won an Olympic gold medal for fencing, was given the title honorary ...

present and past Olympic athletes plus Oscar-winning actress Michelle Yeoh. Only IOC members can stand as candidates and a long-time perception has been that outgoing president Thomas Bach has ...

Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee on the first ballot, making her the first woman to lead the organization.

Even an Oscar-winning actress, Michelle Yeoh. Members voted without hearing further presentations from the candidates in an election that swung on a discreet network of friendships and alliances ...

Kirsty Coventry elected as the 10th – and first female – president of the International Olympic Committee in its 131-year history. The former Zimbabwean swimmer, 41, was Thomas Bach's preferred ...

“It is a signal that we are truly global,” the Zimbabwe sports minister and two-time Olympic swimming gold medalist ... Even an Oscar-winning actress, Michelle Yeoh. Members voted without ...

“It is a signal that we are truly global,” the Zimbabwe sports minister and two-time Olympic swimming gold medalist ... Even an Oscar-winning actress, Michelle Yeoh. Members voted without ...

“It is a signal that we are truly global,” the Zimbabwe sports minister and two-time Olympic swimming gold medalist ... Even an Oscar-winning actress, Michelle Yeoh. Members voted without ...

“It is a signal that we are truly global,” the Zimbabwe sports minister and two-time Olympic swimming gold medalist ... Even an Oscar-winning actress, Michelle Yeoh. Members voted without ...