FIRST WOMAN ELECTED AS IOC PRESIDENT

KIRSTY COVENTRY, ZIMBABWEAN LEGEND SWIMMER HAS BEEN ELECTED AS THE PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE ( IOC).

* SHE BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO TOOK THIS OATH FOR IOC.

* SHE BECAME THE YOUNGEST TO TAKE THIS POST ( 41 YEARS).

* FIRST AFRICAN TO OWE THIS POST.