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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) became embroiled in a scandal after it emerged that the daughter of an IOC member received a scholarship to attend a US university which was funded by the Salt Lake Organising Committee for the 2002 Winter Olympics. While it may have appeared somewhat innocuous, the reporting of the scholarship was just the beginning.” Dr Laura Donnellan, School of Law, explains how Olympic host cities are chosen – and how change emerged following the Salt Lake Scandal of the 1990s.