JACQUES ROGGE RE-ELECTED IOC PRESIDENT
Baku, October 9 (AZERTAC). Jacques Rogge easily won re-election as president of the International Olympic Committee for a final four-year term.
The 67-year-old Belgian, who has served as IOC president since 2001, was the only candidate and needed a simple majority in the vote. The IOC voted 88-1 in favor of his re-election. Three members abstained from voting.
Rogge was elected the IOC`s eighth president in July 2001, defeating three other candidates and taking over from Juan Antonio Samaranch after 21 years in power.
Rogge has overseen successful Summer Olympics in Athens (2004) and Beijing (2008) and Winter Games in Salt Lake City (2002) and Turin, Italy (2006). The former orthopedic surgeon made the fight against doping his top priority in his first eight-year term, and pledged to continue the efforts to stop cheaters over the next four years.
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