defend the crown

Examples (10)

• The reigning champion is training hard to defend his crown.
• Next year, she will attempt to defend her Olympic crown in Paris.
• He successfully defended his heavyweight crown for the fifth time.
• The team failed to defend their crown, losing in the final match.
• Defending the crown is often harder than winning it for the first time.
• The chess grandmaster must defend his world crown against a young challenger.
• Does he have what it takes to defend the crown against such strong competition?
• His main goal for the season is to defend his national crown.
• After a year of injuries, the tennis star is finally ready to defend her crown at Wimbledon.
• It will be a tough battle for the driver to defend his Formula 1 crown.