Last updated at 17:59 BST, Wednesday, 06 June 2012

Week 46: Talking Sport: Im Dong-Hyun

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Welcome to Talking Sport!

Im Dong-Hyun is an archer from South Korea.

He is one of his country's best archers and has already competed in two Olympic Games.

At this year's Games he is hoping to win his first individual medal for archery.

Join Natalie in this week's video to find out more about Im Dong-Hyun and learn the phrase 'best hope'.

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Vocabulary: best hope

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Join in the conversation! Who do you think is your country's best hope for an Olympic medal at this year's Games?

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1. At 9:48pm on 06 Jun 2012, carito1007 wrote:
I also think Jessica Ennis is the best hope for an Olympic gold medal.

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2. At 11:04pm on 06 Jun 2012, FRANZ wrote:
Not talking about individual value I think the Brazilian Football team with Neymar is the best (and only) hope for an Olympic medal in London.

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3. At 11:07pm on 06 Jun 2012, Zambezi wrote:
is the presenter speaking with dialect? a bit difficult to understand her. and she's saying 'freez' instead of 'phrase' or is it only me?)) [Natalie is from Ireland, BBC Learning English Moderator]

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4. At 01:01am on 07 Jun 2012, minjoo wrote:
I think the archery Im Dong-Hyun is Korea's best hope gor an olympic gold medal.

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5. At 03:36am on 07 Jun 2012, yoshimi wrote:
Uchimura Kohei, a gymnast, is probably Japan's best hope for an Olympic gold medal.

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6. At 04:29am on 07 Jun 2012, milton1234 wrote:
Abdullah Shurbatly the show jumper is Saudi Arabia's best hope
of an olympic gold medal.

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7. At 3:56pm on 07 Jun 2012, sabo wrote:
I think Kosuke Kitajima is Japan's best hope for an Olympic gold medal. He won gold medals at Athens and Beijing Olympics. He is teaching children how to swim and how fun swimming is. He is not only a talented athlete but also a good teacher.

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8. At 2:29pm on 10 Jun 2012, khj7073 wrote:
I also agree that Im Dong-Hyun is the best hope for an Olympic gold metal in South Korea.

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9. At 10:14am on 11 Jun 2012, csepelside wrote:
The Hungary's best hope to win gold medals in London are the swimmers and players of water polo. Hungarian team of water polo have won three gold medals at the last three Olympic Games.

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10. At 09:14am on 24 Jul 2012, Brahim wrote:
I hope Morocco come back this year in the olympic games in 1500m; so I think the runner abdelati Iguider is morocco's best hope for the olympic gold medal.

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11. At 10:42pm on 31 Dec 2012, giljeong wrote:
I wish I would be a best hope for a world chess competition in the future.

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