Kirsty Coventry - how the new President of the International Olympic Committee won gold

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In 2004, the Zimbabwean swimmer, Kirsty Coventry, won the first of two Olympic gold medals at the Athens games. By the end of her career, she would become the most decorated Olympian in African history and a hero in Zimbabwe, where President Robert Mugabe hailed her as a "Golden Girl". Kirsty Coventry talks to Nija Dalal-Small. The programme is a Sparklab Production.PHOTO: Kirsty Coventry in action at the Olympics (Getty Images)

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