IOC: "Communication will be key talking to President Trump, a huge lover of sports" (K. Coventry)

"I've been dealing with 'difficult' men in high positions since I was 20 years old. What I have learnt is that communication will be key and it's something that is going to happen early on (speaking to President Donald Trump, USA). President Trump is a huge lover of sports and he will want these Olympic Games (Los Angeles 2028) to be a success. We will not waiver from our values of solidarity and ensuring that every athlete that qualifies for the Games has the possibility to attend the Games and be safe during them," said declared Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) during the press conference following her election as president of the International Olympic Committee on 20/03/2025.

Elected for an eight-year term (2025-2032) in the first ballot (with 49 votes out of 97) at the 144^th IOC Session held in Costa Navarino (Greece), the Zimbabwean is both the first woman and the first person from Africa to be entrusted with the post of president of the world body.

"I am extremely proud of both of my identities (being a female and the first African president of the IOC). I'm grateful to have been given a…