PERSON@1 , the President of the ORGANIZATION@1 , declined to invite anybody else to open the MISC@1 and , on July NUMBER@1 did so himself in a scaled-down short and humdrum `` ceremony '' .

PERSON@1 , the President of the ORGANIZATION@1 , did not invite anybody else to open the games and , on July NUMBER@1 , NUMBER@2 , did so himself in a small , short ` ceremony ' .
