New IOC President Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe took office Monday in a ceremony attended by Utah Olympic leader Fraser Bullock.

The first female and first African president of the International Olympic Committee, Kirsty Coventry, was inaugurated in the role on Monday - the organisation's 131st birthday. Coventry, a two-time Olympic swimming gold medallist for Zimbabwe,

Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry was elected as the first woman and the first person from Africa to the post of International Olympic Committee president in March. Kirsty Coventry made sporting history by being elected president of the International Olympic Committee at its General Assembly on March 20,