This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about the seven-time Olympic medallist Kirsty Coventry .

won the joint-most individual women’s swimming medals in the history of the Games. Her success made her a national treasure in Zimbabwe, but that status has also proved something of a thorn in ...

Kirsty Coventry's story is one of apparent contradictions. She's a white woman celebrated as a national hero in a ...

The IOC is betting on a younger female leader to signal change. She enters the ring at a crucial time for athletes.

Former Zimbabwean swimmer Kirsty Coventry, has been elected as the next President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), making history as the first woman and first African to hold the post ...

Coventry is an ex-Zimbabwe swimmer and was the back-to-back Olympic champion in the 200 meters backstroke at the 2004 and 2006 Games. She retired from swimming after the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in ...