Kirsty Coventry’s rise to the pinnacle of world sport was complete in a matter of minutes. She required just one, short round of voting in Thursday’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidential election to command a majority, winning 49 of the 97 available votes.
With that, the 41-year-old has become the single most powerful figure in sport, but despite her status as one of three front-runners in the race, she has still managed to fly under the radar.
