IOC president-elect hails Beijing's Games legacy

Citing Beijing's proven success in maximizing the Games legacy, the International Olympic Committee's president-elect Kirsty Coventry has called on future hosts to learn from China's best practices to promote sustainability.

With one of her proudest achievements as an athlete celebrated at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, Coventry, a two-time Olympic champion swimmer who was elected the 10th IOC president on Thursday, has embraced her groundbreaking new role as the first female leader of the organization with a series of fresh ideas, including input from China, to implement during her tenure.

Among the many of her proposals to lead the Olympic Movement into a more sustainable and true global future, Coventry reiterated the importance of making the Games relevant and beneficial to local communities as she highlighted Beijing's expertise in hosting both the summer and winter editions.