Kirsty Coventry was officially inaugurated as the new president of the International Olympic Committed on Monday in a symbolic key transferring ceremony at Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland. Coventry, 41, the first woman to be elected to the position, begins an eight year term and outgoing president Thomas Bach was on hand to mark the …
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and SoFi Stadium were selected as the venues of the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, organizers announced on Thursday. "The venues selected for the 2028 Opening and Closing Ceremonies will highlight Los Angeles’s rich sporting history and cutting-edge future, showcasing the very best that LA has …
The mixed 4x100m relay will be part of six new mixed gender events that will debut at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, the International Olympic Committee confirmed on Wednesday. The move comes as a larger plan to broaden the Olympics program and the mixed 4x100m relay now joins the mixed 4x400m relay, which was …
Kirsty Coventry was elected as first female International Olympic Committee president on Thursday following just a single session of voting in Navarino, Greece. Coventry, 41, is the tenth president in IOC history and will take over after Thomas Bach leaves office in June after 12 years. "I am incredibly honored and excited to be elected …
Sebastian Coe entered the race to join group of seven candidates vying to be the next International Olympic Committee president, according to a post issued by the organization on Monday. Current IOC head Thomas Bach announced during the Paris Olympics last month that he would step down at the end of his second term next …