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Juan Antonio Samaranch passed away on April...
U.S. team, to clean up. For Samaranch, who exerted a great deal of effort to win the Games for his hometown, the news came as a heavy blow. Barcelonans would be deprived of the main event - the epic battle between the Soviet and U.S. teams, and revenues from sponsorship and advertising would dry up without a sensational Cold War battle to attract viewers. Smirnov managed to put together a CIS team for Olympics, which was popularly viewed as the Soviet team.As the honorary IOC president for life, Samaranch promoted the Russian bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics. He continued to attend all the big sporting events, from the Olympics to the Champions League finals, for as long as his health permitted. When he spoke, people listened till his dying day.
MOSCOW. (Alexander Gorbunov for RIA Novosti)
Alexander Gorbunov is a sport observer of the Sport Den za Dnem weekly.
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