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Section C
The International Olympic Committee chose a doctor from Belgium as its (36) Jacques Rogge will serve at least eight years. He replaced Juan Antonio Samaranch of Spain who served as president for (37) years.
Doctor Rogge received support from more than half the (38) in a second vote during a meeting in Moscow. He has worked for many years with the International Olympic Committee. He is fifty-nine years old.
Observers called the (39) of Doctor Rogge a move to reform the worldwide sports organization. The new president says he will place great importance on preventing Olympic competitors from using (40) drugs. Experts say his long record of (41) may help the Olympics recover from charges of (42) actions.
The (43) are linked to the winter games of 2002. Ten Olympic Committee members reportedly accepted gifts and large amounts of money to choose Salt Lake City to hold the events. (44) . Earlier this week, a federal judge dismissed four of fifteen charges against two men who led Salt Lake City's campaign to get the Olympics. The judge also postponed their trial.
(45) . Jacques Rogge is a champion sailor who competed in three Olympic sailing events, the last in 1976. He has been a member of the International Olympic Committee for ten years. Doctor Rogge had a major responsibility for plans for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. (46) .
