Senegal Welcomes Flame for Africa's First Youth Games
Senegal welcomed the Olympic flame for Dakar 2026, marking Africa's first Youth Olympic Games, with a 100-women procession and IOC President Kirsty Coventry in attendance. The flame, lit in Athens, will launch a 3,600-kilometre tour through all 14 regions ahead of the October 31 opening, hosting about 2,700 athletes across 35 sports in Dakar, Diamniadio and Saly.
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About Kirsty Coventry
Kirsty Leigh Coventry Seward is a Zimbabwean politician, sports administrator, and former competitive swimmer who is the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). She has served as the president of the IOC since 23 June 2025, and is the first woman, first Zimbabwean, and the first African to hold the office, while also only the second non-European president of the IOC, following Avery Brundage who left office in 1972.
Everything about Kirsty Coventry →- Occupation
- swimmer, politician, sports official
- Position held
- Minister of Sport, Arts and Recreation, member of the International Olympic Committee, president of the International Olympic Committee, president
- Citizenship
- Zimbabwe
- Born
- September 16, 1983
- Website
- https://www.kirstycoventry.com/