International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry has called on the IOC to continue to develop like athletes competing at the Games: “To grow and to excel, [athletes] persistently push their limits. They step out of their comfort zone. They fail, they adapt, they get back up, and they try again — always driven by the belief that they can be better. That’s what progress looks like,” Coventry, a double Olympic Champion in swimming, said in her speech to the 145th IOC Session in Milan ahead of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.


Kirsty Coventry Says IOC Must Remain Neutral on Geopolitics 

Russian athletes will compete as neutral participants at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics. The IOC confirms no national flag or anthem, even if the Ukraine war ends before the Games.

'Russians will compete only as neutral athletes at Winter Olympics 2026, even if Ukraine war ends,' says IOC chief

The ceremony to light the Olympic flame is usually held among the ruins of the 2,600-year-old Temple of Hera, near the stadium where the Olympics were born in 776 BC.

IOC chief Coventry in tears as 2026 Winter Games torch relay sets off

Since 2019, the IOC have moved away from its traditional voting system, where members voted for host countries, and adopted a new process focused on flexibility, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness. The goal is to make the Olympic Games fit the region, not the other way around.

India’s 2036 Olympic dream hits a pause. Know why

Kirsty Coventry made history on Thursday by becoming the first woman and the first African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Kirsty Coventry becomes IOC's first-ever female president

Sports, Olympics: The 41-year-old former swimmer, who won two Olympic gold medals, will replace Thomas Bach - and be the youngest president in the IOC's 130-year history

Meet Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry, first woman to be elected as International Olympic Committee president

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Kirsty Coventry Says IOC Must Remain Neutral on Geopolitics

'Russians will compete only as neutral athletes at Winter Olympics 2026

IOC chief Coventry in tears as 2026 Winter Games torch relay sets off

India’s 2036 Olympic dream hits a pause. Know why

Kirsty Coventry becomes IOC's first-ever female president

Meet Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry, first woman to be elected as International Olympic Committee president