There are seven candidates to succeed Bach, with IOC vice-president Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr, Zimbabwe's sports minister Kirsty Coventry and World Athletics ... who heads the International Ski and ...

Relying on a walker because of a hip injury is no excuse for staying indoors for an 88-year-old New Brunswicker who loves to ski. Cross-country skiing enthusiast Fernand Vautour of Aldouane ...

With one run to go in a Freeski Big Air World Cup in late 2023, Kirsty Muir decided to go for it, despite minor knee pain, and claimed a place on the podium. Two days later she discovered she had torn ...

and International Ski and Snowboard Federation head Johan Eliasch (two votes) rounded out the pool of candidates. "We celebrate Kirsty’s election as president of the IOC and eagerly anticipate ...

I couldn’t go outside, it was too slippery,” he said. Vautour decided to screw two skis to his walker. “I went outside. I could walk on the ice again.” He now skis the trails at ...

PYLOS, Greece–Kirsty Coventry smashed through the International Olympic Committee’s glass ceiling on Thursday to become the organization’s first female and first African president in its 130 ...

Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), becoming the first woman and African to ever be elected to the position. Coventry, 41, will ...

March 20 (UPI) --International Olympic Committee members elected Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry as president, replacing Thomas Bach, the committee announced Thursday. Coventry will be the first woman ...

First African and female IOC president Focus on transparency and new sports for youth Aims to enhance athlete representation PYLOS, Greece, March 20 (Reuters) - Kirsty Coventry, an Olympic ...

Kirsty Coventry, 41, was elected to one of the most powerful jobs in sports on Thursday, becoming the first woman and first African to lead the Olympic movement. She will begin her eight-year term ...