Swıtzerland Ioc Samaranch

epa02126450 Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), speaks to journalists in front of the IOC headquarters, in Lausanne, Switzerland, 21 April 2010. Rogge commented on the death of former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch, who died on 21 April at the age of 89. The Quiron Hospital in Barcelona said Samaranch died after being admitted with heart problems. Samaranch headed the IOC from 1980 to 2001. He retired as the second-longest serving president in the history of the IOC.  EPA/CHRISTIAN BRUN