Coventry detailed her vision for an IOC presidency — one of if not the most powerful in global sport — in her candidate manifesto published last December (soon after she gave birth to her second daughter, Lily). She wrote that she was guided by the collaborative Ubuntu philosophy: I am because we are.

The first female and first African president of the IOC, Kirsty Coventry, was inaugurated in the role on Monday.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland–New International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry pledged on Monday to strengthen and extend the reach of the Games, as Zimbabwe's Olympic swimming champion