By the time Biles stepped onto the competition podium to close the show, the lead was effectively insurmountable.
The shot putter would stand tall on the top podium and close his eyes when he heard the Star-Spangled Banner played.
Gerald Ford, gripping the podium, looked close to losing his cool, knowing full well that it was the Democratic majority in Congress that had destroyed his Administration's well-thought-out energy policy.
After all the nominees had been read, Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Dr. Aida tooka-O'Reilly thek the podium to close out the proceedings and remind viewers the Globes would be hosted by Ricky Gervais on Jan . 15
At the founding of the People's Republic, in 1949, no Chinese athlete had ever stood on an Olympic podium; by the close of the 2004 Summer Games, in Athens, China trailed only the United States, thirty-two to thirty-sin, in that year's gold medals.
When Governor Whitman makes her eighth, and final, State of the State address on Tuesday, don't be surprised if many seem to be glancing past the podium and paying close attention to one of the two men sitting just behind her.
"We're fighting to be on the podium, we're close to it and if we carry on like this then it's definitely possible".
Just noticed Ed & Simon's podiums are very close, plus they're sharing a water jug - early sign of coalition?
Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce, the reigning world and Olympic champion from Jamaica, lost her spot on the podium in the closing meters, missing out by one hundredth of a second.
The opening moments of the State of the Union address, as the President enters the chamber and glad-hands his way to the podium, are the closest that many of us will come to seeing an unscripted President.
