IOC’s first female president faces significant challenges including handling Donald Trump’s power and protecting women’s sports
Barely an hour after Kirsty Coventry had become the most powerful figure in global sport at the relatively tender age of 41, she faced a series of verbal grenades about how she might handle Donald Trump in her new role.
What would the new president of the International Olympic Committee respond, the first interrogator asked, if the American president tried to cause trouble during the Los Angeles Olympics by banning athletes from certain countries?
Written by Sean Ingle in Costa Navarino
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar/20/kirsty-coventry-sport-ioc-international-olympic-committee under the title “So who is Kirsty Coventry, who now has global sport’s most powerful job? | Sean Ingle”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
