Incoming IOC president to open talks on Russia’s potential return to Olympics
Kirsty Coventry, who will be the first African leader of the IOC, sees inconsistencies in the current approach of singling out Russia while there are conflicts on her own continent.
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Kirsty Coventry at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004. Pic: Reuters
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IOC President Thomas Bach holds up the name of Kirsty Coventry as she is announced as his replacement. Pic: AP
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