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What will Kirsty Coventry’s win mean for Africa?
“A lot is expected of her. A lot of eyes are going to be on her.”
A moment of sporting history. That’s how many sports fans around the world will remember it.
Africa’s most decorated Olympian, swimming champion, Kirsty Coventry will become the next President of the International Olympic Committee.
The first time for a woman, an African and the governing body's youngest president.
In today’s Africa Daily Alan Kasujja hears reaction from Zimbabwe and speaks to two female Olympians on what this means for Africa.
Guests: Zimbabwean sports journalist Steve Vickers, two-time Olympic medallist Nigeria's Mary Onyali Omagbemi, and Kenya’s Sinaida Aura who took part in the Tokyo Olympics for Kenya’s rugby Lionesses
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“A lot is expected of her. A lot of eyes are going to be on her.”
A moment of sporting history. That’s how many sports fans around the world will remember it.
Africa’s most decorated Olympian, swimming champion, Kirsty Coventry will become the next President of the International Olympic Committee.
The first time for a woman, an African and the governing body's youngest president.
In today’s Africa Daily Alan Kasujja hears reaction from Zimbabwe and speaks to two female Olympians on what this means for Africa.
Guests: Zimbabwean sports journalist Steve Vickers, two-time Olympic medallist Nigeria's Mary Onyali Omagbemi, and Kenya’s Sinaida Aura who took part in the Tokyo Olympics for Kenya’s rugby Lionesses
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