Asked how far this season's team could go, the point guard boldly declared, "National championship, no less".
At least the stadium was slightly more full than on Saturday night, when Mo Farah proudly felt precious metal on his chest and Vladimir Putin, looking as twitchy as a bouncer in a small market town, declared the championships open.
When Prime Minister Jean Chrétien declared the championships "officially open," the leaders had already been pushing hard for 1 47, and Khannouchi had already dropped out, citing blisters on his feet, the warm temperatures and the relatively slow early pace: something of a surprise considering that there were 20 men in the field who had broken the 2 08 barrier.
Sir Stanley introduced the Queen, and she, in a couple of succinct sentences, declared the World Championship open, as if she knew that football, not homage, was the business of the evening.
The BA&CC high-mindedly declared that the championship was primarily a matter of honour and that financial considerations should be secondary, but the professionals did not see it that way and decided to boycott its 1952 championship in favour of organising one of their own.
Therefore, Maryland had been declared the national championship team by the Associated Press, United Press, and International News Service, and remained the consensus national champions despite the loss.
The coaches have declared that game their championship and will award their national title to the winner.
The Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE; the international chess federation) deprived him of his championship and declared Karpov champion by default.
Never before, however, has a sporting championship been declared a National Security Special Event, with widespread street closures and thousands of imported police officers under the supervision of the United States Secret Service.
