Germany's Thomas Bach elected new IOC president

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Germany's Thomas Bach has been named the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after being elected at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires.

Bach won a landslide victory over his four rivals for the post in the second round of voting. The German garnered 49 votes, compared to the 29 picked up by Puerto Rico's Richard Carrión, his nearest challenger. The pair was followed by Singapore's Ng Ser Miang (6), Switzerland's Denis Oswald (5) and Ukraine's Sergey Bubka (4).

Taiwan's Ching-Kuo Wu was eliminated in the first round following a run-off after originally tying with Ng.

Bach becomes the IOC's ninth president, succeeding Belgium's Jacques Rogge, who had been in the position since 2001. He will enjoy an initial eight-year term, which is renewable once for a further four years.

The German, who turns 60 in December, was a gold medallist in the team foil event at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, also being crowned a world champion in the event that same year and in 1977.

Bach's victory continues Europe's stranglehold over the IOC's top post, with every single president of the organisation, with the exception of the American Avery Brundage (1952-1972), hailing from this continent.