Rogge re-elected as IOC President

Rogge was the only candidate standing.

Rogge said after the vote that ''you have given me a great honor.

"We have accomplished a lot together.''

Brazilian IOC member Joao Havelange had asked that the vote be done simply by acclamation, but Rogge insisted on a secret ballot.

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 charge.

Rogge has overseen successful Summer Olympics in Athens in 2004 and
Beijing in 2008 and Winter Games in Salt Lake City in 2002 and Turin in
2006.

The former orthopedic surgeon has 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.

He has also championed the creation of the Youth Olympic Games, which will debut in Singapore next year featuring athletes aged 14-18.

Rogge said: "We will be staunch allies of the athletes.

"We will narrow the gap in sports between the developed and developing worlds, and between men and women.''

Under the constitution of the IOC, Rogge has to step down at the end of this term.

Source: inside the games