Soon after Kirsty Coventry became president of the International Olympic Committee last summer, she held a private consultation with IOC members to gauge their feelings on a range of important issues. At the end of the session, Czech representative Jiri Kejval stood up to speak. “I’ve been a member of the IOC for five years,” he said, “and this is the first time somebody has asked my opinion.” It has been a year since Coventry was elected president, crushing competition that included British candidate Lord Coe en route to becoming the first woman and first African to lead the Olympic...