Kirsty Coventry reacts after she was announced as the new IOC President at the International Olympic Committee 144th session in Costa Navarino, western Greece, on March 20, 2025. Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Photo
COSTA NAVARINO, Greece—Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday.
The 41-year-old Coventry gets an eight-year mandate into 2033 with a likely early test in meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump about the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.