I want to express my deepest apology to the athletes, the people of Salt Lake City in Utah and the millions of citizens worldwide who love and respect the games.

He was succeeded by Jacques Rogge. Business and political career
After the defeat of the Republic in 1939 Samaranch studied commerce at IESE Business School in Barcelona. In the aftermath of a bribery scandal surrounding the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City Utah an inquiry held in camera expelled several IOC members but cleared Samaranch of wrongdoing.

Don Juan Antonio Samaranch y Torelló 1st Marquis of Samaranch Grandee of Spain (17 July 1920 – 21 April 2010) known in Catalan as Joan Antoni Samaranch i Torelló (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈan ənˈtɔni səməˈɾaŋ]) was a Catalan Spanish sports administrator who served as the seventh President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1980 to 2001.