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International Olympic Committee Elects New President

She beat other hot contender Sebastian Coe, the UK’s two-time Olympic 1500m champion, who oversaw the London 2012 Games before taking charge of World Athletics. Voting took place during the IOC’s 144th session in a luxury hotel in the beach resort of Costa Navarino in Greece, close to Olympia, the birthplace of the ancient games which inspired the modern-day tournament. Key issues on the table included the inclusion of transgender women in female sporting categories, how to modernise the games and make them sustainable and environmentally friendly and the embrace of technology.

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