Introduction to the Salt Lake City incident: The Salt Lake City incident was the most difficult moment in Samaranch's life. In 1995, Salt Lake City won the right to host the 2002 Winter Olympics. Immediately afterwards, local media in the United States exposed reports that the Salt Lake City Olympic Organizing Committee bribed the International Olympic Committee. Samaranch immediately established an investigative committee after learning about it and promised to announce the results of the investigation at the end of January 1999. Later, he also initiated a secret vote of confidence in himself, and the results showed that more than 90% of people chose to trust him, so Samaranch continued to serve as President of the International Olympic Committee. After that, the United States threatened Samaranch to attend the U.S. Congressional hearing on the pretext of withdrawing Olympic sponsorship. He could have refused to go, but for the sake of the International Olympic Committee, he resolutely attended and presented it with a calm attitude and strong evidence. , successfully defused the United States’ attacks on the International Olympic Committee and its personal attacks.