IOC President Jacques Rogge looks on during a press conference after he won re-election as president of the International Olympic Committee on Friday, Oct. 9, 2009 at a Olympic congress in Copenhagen. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

IOC President Jacques Rogge looks on during a press conference after he won re-election as president of the International Olympic Committee on Friday, Oct. 9, 2009 at a Olympic congress in Copenhagen.

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  2. Italian cyclist Davide Rebellin arrives at Rome's Olympic stadium, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010 to face questions from the anti-doping prosecutor of Italy's Olympic Committee after being stripped of his medal from the Beijing Games. Last year, the International Olympic Committee stripped Rebellin of his road race silver medal because he was one of five athletes who tested positive for CERA, an advanced version of the blood-boosting drug EPO, in new tests using retroactive blood samples taken at the 2008 Games. Rebellin denies doping and has appealed the IOC's decision with the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
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  4. IOC President Jacques Rogge, left, accepts a football, made by children in the slums of Nairobi, from Princess Haya Al Hussein, center, IOC member and a UN Messenger of Peace, and Wilfried Lemke, right, the UN's special advisor on Sport for Development and Peace, at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. The ball, fashioned from plastic bags, newspaper and string, took a circuitous path to Lausanne. It was acquired by UN aid workers in Nairobi in exchange for manufactured balls. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon initially delivered the football to the IOC at the opening of the XIII Olympic Congress on Oct. 3, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  5. International Olympic Committee, IOC, Evaluation Commission chair Nawal El Moutawakel, top center, Brazil's Olympic Committee President Carlos Arthur Nuzman, top left, and Rio de Janeiro's Governor Sergio Cabral pose for a photo with children at the Dona Marta slum in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. Rio de Janeiro will hold the 2016 Olympic Games.
  6. International Olympic Committee, IOC, Evaluation Commission chair Nawal El Moutawakel, second from left, Brazil's Olympic Committee President Carlos Arthur Nuzman, left, and Rio de Janeiro's Governor Sergio Cabral, third from left, watch as young people compete during a karate fight at the Dona Marta slum in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. Rio de Janeiro will hold the 2016 Olympic Games.
  7. IOC's director of the Olympic Games, Gilbert Felli, right, and IOC Evaluation Commission chair Nawal El Moutawakel, second from right, Brazil's Olympic Committee President Carlos Arthur Nuzman, center, Rio de Janeiro's Governor Sergio Cabral, second from left and Rio de Janeiro's mayor Eduardo Paes, left, shake hands in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. Rio de Janeiro will hold the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
  8. IOC's director of the Olympic Games, Gilbert Felli, right, and IOC Evaluation Commission chair Nawal El Moutawakel, second from right, Brazil's Olympic Committee President Carlos Arthur Nuzman, center, Rio de Janeiro's Governor Sergio Cabral, second from left and Rio de Janeiro's mayor Eduardo Paes, left, shake hands in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010.
  9. VANCOUVER, BC - FEBRUARY 07: Jacques Rogge the IOC President chairs the IOC Executive Board Meeting held at the Westin Bayshore Hotel on February 7, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada.
  10. VANCOUVER, BC - FEBRUARY 07: Jacques Rogge the IOC President chairs the IOC Executive Board Meeting held at the Westin Bayshore Hotel on February 7, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada.
  11. VANCOUVER, BC - FEBRUARY 07: Jacques Rogge the IOC President chairs the IOC Executive Board Meeting held at the Westin Bayshore Hotel on February 7, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada.
  12. VANCOUVER, BC - FEBRUARY 07: Jacques Rogge the IOC President chairs the IOC Executive Board Meeting held at the Westin Bayshore Hotel on February 7, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada.
  13. VANCOUVER, BC - FEBRUARY 07: Jacques Rogge the IOC President chairs the IOC Executive Board Meeting held at the Westin Bayshore Hotel on February 7, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada.
  14. VANCOUVER, BC - FEBRUARY 07: Jacques Rogge the IOC President chairs the IOC Executive Board Meeting held at the Westin Bayshore Hotel on February 7, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada.
  15. VANCOUVER, BC - FEBRUARY 07: Jacques Rogge the IOC President chairs the IOC Executive Board Meeting held at the Westin Bayshore Hotel on February 7, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada.
  16. VANCOUVER, BC - FEBRUARY 07: Jacques Rogge the IOC President arrives for the IOC Executive Board Meeting held at the Westin Bayshore Hotel on February 7, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada.

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