The events were dropped due to the lack of medal hopes and to cut costs.

I felt elated at beating Dennis, he was rated a medal hope.

Having come to Sydney with high medal hopes, all of Israel's contenders had failed.

Welcome to the Guardian's choice of Britain's top 50 medal hopes.

Certainly he figures to be one of America's top medal hopes.

Failing to make it past the qualifying stage at the Beijing Games, where she was a medal hope.

Our leading medal hope is a female boxer by the name of Katie Taylor.

Indeed, Britain's best medal hopes may well lie in the team competitions.

- This is a good chance to see artistic gymnastics, a sport in which British medal hopes are high, on a budget.

The United States team, men in particular, has come to Nagano without much medal hope.