Olympics boss Kirsty Coventry threatens to fire team mid-press conference in awkward moment

Briana Lupea

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry  was caught off guard by questions about Germany and a Russian anti-doping chair, among other things, on Friday. During a press conference ahead of Sunday’s Closing Ceremony of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, Coventry declared that “maybe someone needs to be dismissed” from her team after she was blindsided by questions featuring topics she was not aware of. Coventry, in her first Olympics as IOC President, turned to her