1.   For a guy who had scored a loud upset to snatch the title four months ago from Johnny Tapia, Ayala looked easily at ease wearing the championship mantle.

2.   They will not snatch another title.

3.   Four years later he watched as Arnold Palmer finished birdie-birdie to snatch the title from him by a stroke.

4.   If it slips up, Marseille can snatch the title by taking three points at Nantes.

5.   No other nation was placed to better that score, meaning the Bulgarians snatched the title from holder Russia.

6.   Then Thomas Alsgaard, his Norwegian countryman but big cross country rival, charged past and snatched the title.

7.   Then Thomas Alsgaard, his Norwegian countryman but big cross country rival, charged past him and snatched the title.

8.   Trailing in second place behind Doriane Vidal after the first run, she produced a gold medal performance in the second to snatch the title away from the Frenchwoman.

9.   Valencia seemed unstoppable last year, nearly snatching the title from champion Atletico Madrid in the last round.

10.   His Mitsubishi teammates Shinozuka and Kleinschmidt both suffered a series of problems that virtually destroyed any outside hopes they may have had of snatching the title from Masuoka.