Colin Moynihan has been re-elected as chairman of the British Olympic Association.
According to the BBC, confirmation of Moynihan's second BOA term was a formality as nobody stood against him, despite speculation the government was keen for somebody to challenge the former sports minister.
But while the 53-year-old Tory peer was unopposed, a third candidate, British luge's Mark Armstrong, did emerge for one of the two vice-chairman positions. Armstrong, however, was unsuccessful and the existing duo of David Hemery and Albert Woods were returned as Moynihan's deputies.
Moynihan, who presented his "growth strategy" for the BOA to chiefs of all the Olympic sports in London on Tuesday, told the National Olympic Committee Congress that hosting the Games brings "unique challenges and opportunities".
The BBC reports, however, that Moynihan's ambitions for the organisation will not be welcomed by everybody in the Team GB family and that some leading figures in British Olympic sport have voiced concerns about the BOA's move into "non-core activities", particularly the provision of services already provided by the sports themselves or UK Sport, the agency that funds Olympic sport with money from the National Lottery and public purse.
The broadcaster also reports that many are worried that elements of Moynihan's plan - which was prepared by the consultancy firm A.T. Kearney - are distractions from the organisation's primary role: taking British athletes to International Olympic Committee (IOC) events and supporting them while they are there.
