New president Coventry wants sit-down with Trump on LA 2028 Games

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InternationaL Olympic Committee's newly-elected President Kirsty Coventry wants to sit down with United States President Donald Trump to make sure the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics are successful, she said on Thursday. “President Trump is a huge supporter of sport. There's never been a sitting president that has attended the Super Bowl,” Coventry told Reuters in an interview following her election victory on Thursday. "He was the president at the time when LA was awarded the Games (in 2017). I truly believe that he wants the LA 28 Games to be a huge success." Coventry, who is Zimbabwe's sports minister, as well as Africa's most decorated Olympian, said both the IOC and the United States wanted successful Olympics in three years time. The LA Games present a major commercial opportunity, with…

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