Kirsty Coventry may lead the Athletes’ Commission till 2021

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) -- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) may extend the IOC membership of the Athletes’ Commission representatives whose terms would have expired at this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Zimbabwe’s Minister of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation, Kirsty Coventry, is the chairperson of the IOC Athletes’ Commission.

The Athletes’ Commission elections that had been planned for 2020, but now it will take place during the rescheduled Games in 2021.

Kirsty Coventry, co-chair Danka Barteková, Tony Estanguet and James Tomkins could be extended.

Their eight-year terms are set to expire this year, but the postponement of the Olympic Games to 2021 has raised the possibility they could be granted extensions until the elections are held.