Incoming IOC leader Kirsty Coventry won't ban countries from Olympics over wars and will open talks on Russia being allowed back

Not even two weeks have passed. Sebastian Coe’s humiliating defeat (maximum leader of world athletics) against Kirsty Coventry (by 49 votes to 8) has already unleashed the first war between the International Olympic Committee and World Athletics. Coe, who has suffered an unthinkable setback in the Olympic vote, has announced that the ban on athletes in Russia (and also Belarus) from competing internationally as a result of the invasion of Ukrain…

Where Does The New President Of The International Olympic Committee Stand On Trans Rights?

Kirsty Coventry is the new president of the International Olympic Committee, but where doe she stand on trans rights? Coventry is the first woman to head the committee in its history, and after being voted into the spot said “the young girl who first started swimming in Zimbabwe all those years ago could never have dreamt of this moment. Glass ceilings have been shattered today.” She competed in her first Olympics in 2000. During her participati…

Incoming IOC leader Kirsty Coventry won't ban countries from Olympics over wars and will open talks on Russia being allowed back

International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry says she is against banning countries from Olympics over wars and reveals plans for talks on Russias return; I believe that its best for our movement to ensure that we have all athletes represented