Outgoing International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge (R) is presented his Olympic Order in Gold by Thomas Bach of Germany after he was elected the ninth president of the IOC during a vote in Buenos Aires, September 10, 2013. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Germany's Thomas Bach was elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday, succeeding Belgian Jacques Rogge and maintaining a European stranglehold on the most powerful position in world sport.
Bach, 59, the first Olympic champion to head the IOC, is the ninth president only in the body's 119-year history and the eighth European IOC leader.
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