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Former IOC president Jacques Rogge dies at 79

Former International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge AFP

Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge has died at the age of 79, the IOC said on Sunday.

Rogge served as the IOC's eighth president from 2001 to 2013 and went on to become the organisation's honorary president.

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