41.   By his own admission, the defending Olympic champion is the antithesis of Swiss.

42.   Champions are nothing if not greedy.

43.   Champions are dogs that have won a requisite number of points at AKC shows.

44.   Champions are in the as-little-chance-as-possible business when it comes to picking opponents.

45.   Champions is a fortysomething course that has far more in common with those built during the last century than the ones to be developed in the coming one.

46.   Champions are often dethroned and new ones proclaimed, as larger trees are found and old ones die.

47.   Champions are positive thinkers right to the end.

48.   Defending champion Egypt is favored in Group C, but Zambia and Burkina Faso are respectable.

49.   Defending national champion Connecticut is here, with loquacious coach Geno Auriemma.

50.   Defending national champion Oklahoma is third in both polls.