Former Zimbabwean swimmer Kirsty ... he history books — as the Olympics institution's first ever woman president, and also the first in the post to hail from the African continent.

The 41-year-old, who made her Olympic debut at Sydney in 2000, became the first woman, the first African and the youngest ... that will include the Brisbane Olympics, Coventry will succeed Germany ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The next president of the International Olympic Committee is a former Zimbabwe swimmer who is Africa's most decorated Olympian and a minister in a government often ...