What challenges lie ahead for the new IOC president?
World sport’s top athlete is Zimbabwe.
The International Olympic Committee, the largest sports organization in the world, will now have Kirsty Coventry as its first woman and first African leader.
She faces two difficulties: the role of money in the Olympic Games and sanctions against Russia but not Israel.
What obstacles are there to overcome?
Presenter: Sami Zeidan
Guests:
Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Olympic History, Philip Barker
Uganda Olympic Committee President Donald Rukare
Source: Aljazeera
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