THE SIDELINES : Samaranch to Seek Reelection
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<i> From Times wire services</i>
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Juan Antonio Samaranch, having overcome a health problem, is expected to run for a new four-year term as president of the International Olympic Committee later this year, an IOC official said today.
Samaranch, 68, is the only candidate so far for an Aug. 29-Sept. 1 meeting in Puerto Rico where the 95-member committee will elect a new chief.
Samaranch was hospitalized one week in April and May in his native Barcelona for treatment of a bleeding colon ulcer.
Samaranch became IOC president in 1980.
