The World Curling governing body has re-elected its president, Beau Welling, for another four-year term.
Welling, from the US, was re-elected over the weekend at the body's latest annual general assembly, held in Bratislava, Slovakia.
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He secured 75% of the available votes and will now serve his second term heading up the Scotland-based organization.
The president was first elected in September 2022, having been a World Curling board member since 2018.
Outside of World Curling, Welling also heads up a golf course design and development company.
His last term included preparations for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Northern Italy, at which event curling proved extremely popular.
The 2030 Winter Olympics, meanwhile, will once again feature curling, and will be held across the mountainous French Alps.
He became the WCF’s 11th president four years ago, taking up the reins from Kate Caithness, who came to the end of the maximum term limit of 12 years having been re-elected unopposed for a third term in 2018.
Welling said: "To have the trust of the World Curling Family to go forward for another four years really means a lot. It’s also a responsibility, but I take that on.
“I look forward to working with everyone to leverage our exposure from the success of the Milano Cortina Olympic Winter Games. I feel like curling has arrived, and we need to take a big leap forward in the development of the sport to spread our mission and our values around the world.”
