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Kirsty Coventry is a two-time Olympic swimming champion. AFP

Coventry becomes first woman to lead IOC

Zimbabwean also first African president of the body after beating six other candidates to succeed Thomas Bach

Seven candidates vie for IOC presidency but it looks a three-horse race

Prince Feisal Al Hussein of Jordan is one of two Arab candidates bidding for the IOC presidency. Getty Images

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UAE's Omar Marzooqi receives his Longines FEI Rising Star award at an award ceremony in Abu Dhabi. Photo: FEI Awards

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Fireworks sparkle in the sky at the end of the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, in the outskirts of Paris, on August 11, 2024. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)

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