A new Colombian Olympic Committee was voted in on Monday, amid some controversy on two key issues.

The first point of contention was that cycling, Colombia’s second most popular sport, was left out of the committee and the second issue was the victory of Dario Tigreros in a second round of voting after the first ended in a tie.

Balcazar Medina, the President re-elect, displayed his displeasure at the claims of cycling not being represented.

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Tigrero, President of South America badminton, was optimistic and referenced his past proposal, “

Overall there wasn’t much change to the Executive board which returned six of its nine members including its President and first and second vice president.

The new committee will govern until after the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

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