Had Schroeder, a medal favorite, swum four-hundredths of a second slower, he would have been eliminated.

Although considered a medal favorite at the 2012 Europeans, he finished 6th.

She was not a medal favorite in the superpipe, but competes just for fun.

Most of the medal favorites were in the last group.

As a result, several medal favorites for the men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay race were absent.

Bloom was considered an Olympic medal favorite, but a viral infection weakened him and interrupted his training before the competition.

He was a medal favorite here.

He will face Lorenzo Aragon, not a medal favorite.

Kevin was a good athlete, but he wasn't considered a medal favorite.

Tanner arrived at the 1968 Summer Olympics as a heavy medal favorite.