In this file photo taken on July 16, 2001, Juan Antonio Samaranch, former president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), gestures after Jacques Rogge is elected as new IOC president during a meeting in Moscow, Russia. Former International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch, 89, has been "suffering from acute coronary insufficiency and his prognosis is very bad," a spokesman for Barcelona's Quiron Hospital spokesman said on Tuesday. (Xinhua File Photo)
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