SAN FRANCISCO — The future of the America's Cup was one victory from becoming Emirates Team New Zealand's responsibility: one victory from returning to New Zealand, with the Italian team Luna Rossa Challenge expected to be its challenger of record.
It is expected that the Artemis challenge from Sweden will step into the Challenger of record job.
A challenger, of course, starts with a blank slate.
Mr. Rafsanjani had supported a reformist challenger of Mr. Ahmadinejad's in the 2009 election.
Now comes a final competitor, the best-placed challenger of all: Amazon.com.
He also did not reveal which yacht club would be the next challenger of record.
Lytton Strachey recognised John Aubrey as a fellow challenger of biographical piety and convention.
President Khatami, 53, was not always a challenger of the regime's orthodoxies.
You could create something called myyachtclub.com and you could be the challenger of record.
BMW Oracle contends that the challenger of record -- Desafio Espa -- is not a legitimate yacht club.
It basically says the challenger of record could be whoever you want.
