Bach Elected New IOC President

Buenos  Aires, Argentina  (Sports Network)  – Germany’s Thomas Bach  has been
elected as the next president of the International Olympic Committee.

Bach,  a  gold medalist in  fencing at the 1976  Montreal Games, was among six
candidates  to  replace outgoing president  Jacques Rogge. The other five were
Sergei  Bubka of  the Ukraine,  Ser  Miang Ng  of Singapore,  Ching-Kuo Wu  of
Taiwan, Richard Carrion of Puerto Rico and Denis Oswald of Switzerland.

The first ballot did not produce a majority among the six, but Wu received the
fewest  votes and  was eliminated  from the  process. Bach  was chosen  on the
second ballot.

Bach has been the IOC’s vice president since 2000. The 59-year-old lawyer will
become  the ninth  president in  the  119-year history  of the  IOC and  first
Olympic champion to hold the position.

Rogge is stepping down after 12 years.