胡安·安东尼奥·萨马兰奇:奥林匹克传奇

Teach Yourself EnglishJuan Antonio Samaranch, elected as head of theInternational Olympic Committee in 1980 (theseventh to hold the post since the IOC was establishedin 1894), was one of the most influential Spaniardsin the last two decades of the 20th century. He wasre-elected as supremo1 of the prestigious sportsorganization in 1997 since the IOC rewrote an oldrule which called for retirement of the president atage 75. His last Olympic Games, in Sydney in 2000,were tinged2 by the deat…