This might not be evidence that Romney was surging to victory, but it was evidence that he had changed the pre-debate dynamic of the race, when he had persistently trailed.
The European 5, 000m silver medallist, 23, paid the price for a brave display of front running and he trailed home in last place in eight minutes, 00.60 seconds.
However, he double-bogeyed the hole and pulled out of the tournament soon after play was halted as he trailed Woods by 10 shots.
Everywhere he went, a phalanx of cameras and reporters trailed in his wake.
He trailed Britain's Campbell Walsh by .25 of a second after the semifinal run, then beat him by 2.46 on the final run through the whitewater course.
He has trailed former Rudy Giuliani aide Joe Lhota in recent polls of the Republican primary.
When he moved up here from the city a certain number of stories trailed after him.
In the 4X100-meter freestyle relay, teammate Jason Lezak trailed by almost six-tenths of a second when he entered the pool for his anchor leg.
The defending champion double-faulted on set point in the first set and trailed 3-0 in the second set tiebreaker before he took charge of the match.
The Frenchman had trailed main rival Hirvonen after the first full day of competition following an error he made at the opening turn of the second stage, but he hit back in superb style to win all of Saturday's six stages and open up a 26.8-second lead over the Finn.
He lagged behind Romney and McCain in the next round of contests, in New Hampshire and Michigan, and trailed McCain in South Carolina.
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