Sentence examples for expected to medal from inspiring English sources

Jamaicans are expected to medal in the showcase sprinting events and relays next month at the Olympic Games in Beijing.

In the sports pages we hear from Olympic athletes expected to medal in their event so I can only hope that Manchester United facup again this year".

But there have been even more surprise winners, medalists whose greatest advantage was not being expected to medal and who, like the Swiss ski jumper Simon Ammann, turned that lack of expectation into an indefinable looseness.

In its 'Best of U.S.' ad campaign, which ran ahead of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, NBC Sports chronicled five American athletes who were expected to medal in the games.

The only one expected to medal in the upcoming Summer Olympics is Wang Junxia, who is Ma's most notable defector.

"I really didn't expect to medal," Robinson said.

"I didn't expect to medal and to get a silver, I couldn't have asked for more.

"I wasn't expecting to medal with that.

South Korea and Belarus -- both expected to be medal contenders -- failed to qualify for the team competition.

Still, those expected to win medals mostly did.

In the men's eights this summer, Canada, England and the United States are expected to win medals.