Sentence examples for favourite discipline from inspiring English sources

Nicknamed "Fencey Spencey" for her favourite discipline, the world No4 was expected to shine in the first event at the Copper Box, where the competitors are required to fence every one of their opponents in a one-minute bout, the first hit winning.

Fencing is now her favourite discipline.

"The downhill is my favourite discipline but I may have paid heavily for changing my equipment for this race, having had the same skis for the downhill all season.

Returning to the track in a four-woman field in her favourite discipline, Ennis-Hill was always unlikely to challenge European champion Porter, but she declared herself satisfied with her performance in front of an appreciative crowd on Deansgate.

For various reasons, Archaeoastronomy has not been one of the favourite disciplines of the Egyptologists in the past.

They might have been hot favourites for the discipline, and miles ahead for the whole race, but that doesn't stop them breaking into infectious smiles.

However, when French sprinter Clara Sanchez laid down an early marker of 35.451 it looked like Hammer was going to have to go considerably quicker than ever before, with Trott, a more accomplished sprinter, favourite to win the final discipline.

John Atkinson, who as performance director to the ParalympicsGB swimming team led them to 39 medals at London 2012, was one of the favourites to switch over to the non-disabled discipline.

For large parts of the contest, the Dutch were favourites to win after they bowled and fielded with great discipline.

Edwards and Brunt talk about their Ashes success over Australia, the profile of the women's game and discuss their favourite format in a summer where they contested the Ashes over all three disciplines - Test, 50 over and Twenty20.

With her stage discipline and exquisite manners on stage and off, she was not only a favourite in the profession but also backstage, where her charm pleased the most demanding directors and technicians.