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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sean Ingle

Kirsty Coventry takes over as Olympic president and promises to change lives

Kirsty Coventry and Thomas Bach
Kirsty Coventry was given the golden key to the IOC by Thomas Bach. Photograph: Pierre Albouy/Reuters

Kirsty Coventry has promised to change lives and inspire hope during an official ceremony to mark her taking over from Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee.

The 41-year-old from Zimbabwe, who in March became the first woman and the first African to be elected to the most powerful job in sports politics, also paid tribute to the strong women in her life as she was given the golden key to the IOC by Bach.

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