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Rogge re-elected IOC president

Pa
Friday 09 October 2009 10:40 BST
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Jacques Rogge was re-elected unopposed as president of the International Olympic Committee today.

Rogge will serve his final four years, which takes him through the London 2012 Olympics, before stepping down in 2013.

The IOC session in Copenhagen confirmed Rogge's re-election by 88 votes to one.

Rogge, a 67-year-old heart surgeon who played rugby union for Belgium and was an Olympic yachtsman, was first elected in 2001, succeeding Juan Antonio Samaranch.

He told the IOC members: "You have given me a great honour, we have accomplished a lot together."

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