{"id":228168,"date":"2025-03-21T00:06:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T00:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/ex-olympic-swimmer-kirsty-coventry-elected-to-most-powerful-job-in-world-sport\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T00:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T00:06:12","slug":"ex-olympic-swimmer-kirsty-coventry-elected-to-most-powerful-job-in-world-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/ex-olympic-swimmer-kirsty-coventry-elected-to-most-powerful-job-in-world-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry elected to most powerful job in world sport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/KLh20h7wIH0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Ex-Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry elected to most powerful job in world sport\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KLh20h7wIH0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The race to become the most powerful figure in global sport concluded today, with Zimbabwe&#8217;s sports minister, Kirsty Coventry, making history as the first woman and the first African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee. <\/p>\n<p>Ms Coventry secured the role after a highly contested election, defeating the UK&#8217;s Lord Sebastian Coe, who had also been competing for the position.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/new-olympic-president-elected-as-britains-lord-seb-coe-discovers-fate-13332472<\/p>\n<p>#skynews #kirstycoventry #internationalolympiccommittee #sports <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/skynewsdaily\/ <\/p>\n<p>Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here\/Los video de Sky News est\u00e1n disponibles en espa\u00f1ol aqu\u00ed: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog <\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The race to become the most powerful figure in global sport concluded today, with Zimbabwe&#8217;s sports minister, Kirsty Coventry, making history as the first woman and the first African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee. 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