Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr., International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency candidate, poses in his office after an interview with Reuters in Madrid, Spain, September 25, 2024. REUTERS/Susana Vera ...

Samaranch said he never considered quitting, citing the unbending support of the IOC executive board and the general assembly, which gave him a 86-2 vote of confidence at the height of the scandal.

Samaranch also, Howard says, "neglected the growing problem of performance enhancing drugs. A belated but tough anti-doping program and major ethics reforms helped restore some credibility." ...

Juan Antonio Samaranch, a former International Olympic Committee president, died Wednesday. He was 89. The Quiron Hospital in Barcelona said Samaranch died after being admitted with heart problems ...

Samaranch angrily defended himself, saying it was up to Spaniards, not foreign journalists, to judge his record. He said he had only a modest role as director general of sports and parliamentary ...

Samaranch showed this week he prefers the old ways by quashing the idea of a debate among the candidates. “It all seems so appropriate,” wrote the Russia Journal, an English-language newspaper.

Samaranch said he has faith in the uniting power of the Olympics and the IOC, which his father, Juan Antonio Samaranch Sr. led as president from 1980 to 2001. “We are a beam of hope for humanity ...

However, Samaranch said the IOC does not address such matters beyond ensuring the rights are protected "in the context of the Olympic Games." "We cannot go further than that," he said.

Samaranch, attending his last Olympics as head of the IOC after20 years in office, left Sydney the morning after the ceremony andflew home to be at his wife ’ s bedside.

Samaranch, the son of former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch, addressed questions about his father’s legacy, asserting that he has never relied on his family name to advance his career.