09 October,2009 02:09 PM IST | | AFP
The International Olympic Committee on Friday re-elected Belgian Jacques Rogge as president for a new four-year term with 88 votes in favour, one against and three abstentions.
No alternative candidate stood in the secret ballot. Rogge (67) was first elected for eight years in 2001 in Moscow.
New rules allowed the former Olympic yachtsman to stand for a final four-year mandate.
The IOC also elected two vice-presidents for four-year terms: Italy's Mario Pescante and Singapore's Ser Miang Ng, who replace Greece's Lambis Nikolaou and Japan's Chiharu Igaya.
Rogge, an orthopaedic surgeon, who took over as IOC chief from Juan Antonio Samaranch in 2001, has enjoyed a varied career including a stint as a boxing ringside doctor.
He last week oversaw the choice of Rio as host of the 2016 Olympic Games, the first ever South American city to stage the event, despite it being the lowest candidate in terms of potential sponsorship.
