IOC chief Rogge re-elected until 2013

Jacques Rogge was re-elected as president of the International Olympic Committee for a second term until 2013 yesterday.

Rogge, who ran unopposed, took over in 2001 from Juan Antonio Samaranch as the eighth president of the IOC since the organisation was founded in 1894, two years before the first modern Games in Athens.

"We have accomplished a lot together. I am proud of our record of accomplishment for the past eight years," the 67-year-old Belgian orthopaedic surgeon said after winning 88 of the total 92 votes.

There was one vote against Rogge and three abstentions.

After Samaranch's 21-year-rule, IOC presidents can only serve a maximum 12 years, with an eight-year first term and a four-year second.

"We will continue to deliver outstanding Games, we will safeguard and strengthen our assets. We will be staunch allies for the athletes and continue the fight against doping."

Rogge took over the IOC at a sensitive time when the organisation was wounded by the Salt Lake City 2002 Games corruption scandal involving bribes in return for votes from members.

Several IOC members were forced out and others reprimanded in an affair that damaged the credibility of the organisation.

The IOC has since signed record revenue deals under the soft-spoken Belgian and has weathered the credit crisis well.

Rogge presided over his first Games as IOC chief in Salt Lake City and at his first summer Olympics in Athens two years later. He also presided over the Turin 2006 and Beijing 2008 Olympics.

The IOC also voted in six new members, including Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik, and elected Britain's Craig Reedie and Australian member John Coates onto its powerful Executive Board.