BAn hour later, when Christie Country became the most powerful personality of the world game at a relatively 41 -year -old tender tender age, she faced a series of oral grenades on how she could handle Donald Trump in her new role.
The first investigator asked, what did the new president of the International Olympic Committee respond, if the US President tried to create trouble by banning athletes from some countries during the Los Angeles Olympics?
There was a small smile. And then a steel flash came. Coventry replied, “I will say with difficult men in high positions since the age of 20.” What I have learned is that communication will prove to be key. This is something that will happen soon.
“We will not refrain from our values,” he added. “Ensure every player eligible for solidarity and Olympic Games is likely to be safe during the Olympic Games and remain safe during the Olympic Games.”
It was a great impressive answer. And he sent a clear message. Country can be inexperienced. But she is ready to tackle her briefing, whether President Trump, Putin and XI, related to sports weapons, or uncertainty during the uncertainty.
When the Paris Games needed to do more work to protect women’s sports after the boxing dispute, she was running so fast. He replied, “My position is that we will protect the women category and athletes.” “I want to work together with the international federations. And we are going to work with a task force that will see and analyze everything.”
Maybe we should not have been surprised. In the ridiculous world of Zimbabwe’s politics, there has been an expert in mastered and mastering county losses. The climb began in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, where Robert Mugabe welcomed Zimbabwe’s “Golden Girl” after winning three medals.
The dictator used the same phrase after winning four more medals in Beijing in 2008, but Coventry was criticized for accepting a prize of 000 100,000 (about $ 55,000) on state television at a time when hypertension was resulting in hypertension.
But she showed that she could also use her position for a slight offering, saying: “President Mugabe knows that something needs to be changed because many people are hurting.”
There was even more controversy in 2018, when he became the minister of sports in the cabinet of President Emerson Manangagwa, known as ‘crocodile’ for his brutality – and whose democratic credentials want to be minimized.
For example, the British government is involved in honoring Zimbabwe, suppressing civil society in Zimbabwe, and imposing a ban on international human rights law and international human rights law and respect for human rights, to refrain from policies or activities.
However, Coventry has not removed himself from Manangagwa. In contrast, last year, she was seen dancing with each other in a public program, in which Zimbabwe said she wanted to bid for the 2027 Cricket World Cup.
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Coventry has also been criticized for his effectiveness as Minister of Sports. Zimbabwe has been banned from hosting the national team’s sports through the Confederation of African football since 2020 because of unsafe stadiums – something that Coventry has not decided.
Meanwhile, at the Paris Olympics, Zimbabwe sent a delegation of 74 people to nine competitive players, and raised questions about whether it was effective use of taxpayers’ money.
Coventry defended his role and actions in the government after his victory. “In terms of my country, I chose to try to make change from the inside,” he said. “It is criticized, and it’s okay, because at the end of the day, I don’t think you can stand on this occasion and scream for change. I am sure you have to sit on the table.”
One thing is clear. The political skills she has acquired in her home country has proved to be extraordinarily useful in the IOC, an organization in which she joined in 2013 and rose fast to become Thomas Batch’s elected successor.
Unlike many candidates, no expensive PR team was helping him during his campaign. In fact, her manifesto was written by her and her husband. And a communications professional who helped him used to do this for free – and wasn’t with him in Greece.
But, the important thing is, he had Bach’s patronage, who has been a strong and powerful IOC president since 2013. Under his watch, more than two -thirds of the IOC who voted in the elections were appointed. And in the last days, pressure was applied to provide the results.
Now the question that is not answered is what happens next. Will it be a ‘continuous bachelor’, which will pursue an upstairs and authoritarian approach, which allows members to say very little? Or will she allow a little light in an organization that is desperately needed? Whatever happens, the next eight years will be interesting – and challenging.
