Coventry: 'World can learn from China'
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Coventry: 'World can learn from China'

China Daily  

IOC presidential candidate Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe celebrates winning the women's 200m backstroke gold medal with a world-record performance at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on Aug 16, 2008. In addition to the already robust TOP sponsorship program, which recently added Chinese brand TCL as a replacement for Japanese brand Panasonic in the home appliance category, Coventry suggested creating more opportunities around continental and regional events, such as World Cup circuits under a respective sport's international federation, and the Olympic Qualifying series, together with new partners out of the TOP field to generate more revenue for athletes' welfare, scholarship and grassroots promotion. As the youngest among all the candidates, Coventry is competing against a strong field, which includes World Athletics president Sebastian Coe from Britain, Spain's IOC vice-president Juan Antonio Samaranch and the International Cycling Union president David Lappartient of France, to become the 10th IOC chief, after outgoing president Thomas Bach steps down when his second term expires in June. "I absolutely loved 2008, and I loved coming back in 2022 for the Winter Olympic Games to watch the curling competition on my swimming pool," Coventry said of revisiting the Beijing aquatics center, nicknamed the "Water Cube", which was later repurposed as an ice sports venue at Beijing 2022.

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ABP News  

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CNN  

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Zimbabwean millennial Kirsty Coventry gets Olympic top job

NPR  

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Olympic swimmer Coventry new minister of sport in Zimbabwe

Associated Press  

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