News about Kirsty Coventry

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: An IOC letter was sent last week to its 111 members outlining the criteria to replace Bach next year and it cast doubt on Coe's eligibility for the position, with Olympic insiders interpreting the rules as a manoeuvre to keep him from the post. But the 67-year-old president of World Athletics has pushed ahead with his bid and was confirmed among the seven candidates in a list published by the IOC on Monday.

JONATHAN McEVOY: It flashed across the International Olympic Committee's skyline like a bolt from the blue on Wednesday morning. And so 128 years of Olympic tradition vanished with news that World Athletics would pay athletes for winning gold medals at this year's Paris Games, and beyond. Starting in the summer, victorious track and field competitors in each of the 48 disciplines will walk away with $50,000 (nearly £40,000). World Athletics have further committed to extend cash prizes to silver and bronze medallists in Los Angeles in 2028. IOC president Thomas Bach, a German gold-medal winning foil fencer from the financially ruinous Montreal Olympics of 1976, an event that stacked up $1.5billion debts through corruption and mismanagement that took the Quebec city 30 years to settle, was blindsided. 

MIKE SEEGAN – SPORTS AGENDA: With an eight-and-a-year deal in his back pocket, Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez may have considered starting roots in London. However, Agenda learns that an estate agent in the capital was recently contacted by a player's representative and told them that they would like to find a home to rent for 12 months. The budget? A cool £2 million.