Coventry hails Asia’s role in Olympic Movement – Famagusta Gazette

After Dakar, where she reunited with the Coordinating Committee of the 2026 Youth Olympic Games, Kirsty Coventry visited Kuwait for the General Assembly of the Asian Olympic Council, where she held her first official speech as the elected President of the International Olympic Committee. The opportunity to announce the colour of her mandate, mainly in the first few months. To give the floor to NOCs and athletes The universal vocation of the IOC …

Coventry hails Asia’s role in Olympic Movement – Famagusta Gazette

FAMAGUSTA GAZETTE – International Olympic Committee (IOC) President-elect Kirsty Coventry praised Asia’s significance in global sports during her keynote speech at the 45th Olympic Council of Asia General Assembly. The Zimbabwean former Olympic swimmer, set to succeed Thomas Bach on June 23, highlighted the continent’s “dynamism, passion, and ambition” in her first formal address since her election. “Asia has always had a special place in the Ol…