IOC leader Coventry warns of ‘uncomfortable’ change coming to Olympics programs

By GRAHAM DUNBAR, AP Sports Writer

MILAN (AP) — Change is coming to the Olympic program of sports and events and it is going to be uncomfortable for some, IOC president Kirsty Coventry cautioned on Tuesday.

In a keynote speech before her first Olympic Games as its first female leader in its 130-year history, Coventry detailed a defining theme of her presidency.

Coventry set in motion last June a review of more than 450 medal events organized by more than 40 sports federations at the Summer and Winter Games.