| Were they not inhibited Anglo-Saxons and had he been in their midst rather than standing on a raised dais, they would have assuredly hugged him. |
| There was a fitting moment when Ryan called the team Captain, Steven Price, to the presentation dais to receive the trophy with him. |
| The gazes of all in the room followed Lamar as she ascended the steps of the dais and stood in front of the throne, facing them. |
| She glanced at CJ standing up on the dais and then back down to the boy running toward her from the bottom of the steps. |
| Mills, at 18 the baby of the team, dissolved into tears on the medal dais even before the Australian flag was raised. |
| Only when I was standing on the dais did I feel that I had the title wrapped up. |
