She faces stiff competition, though, with India's Yumnam (Renubala) Chanu out to defend the title she won in 2006.
But Stott said he was unsure whether he would stick with the sport and attempt to defend the title in 2016.
All that's left for the powerhouse Nittany Lions is for David Taylor to defend the title that Cornell's Kyle Dake has worked so hard to take.
In winning, Immelman emulated compatriots Gary Player, the last man to defend the title, and Ernie Els, who was the last man to defend a title on the European Tour.
Watson's defeat came to a player who is 11 years her senior, but she is now likely to go into the junior competition aiming to defend the title she won last year.
Lewis-Francis will then compete in the UK indoor trials in Sheffield on 12-13 February as he looks to secure a place in the team for the European indoor championships in Paris in March, where Dwain Chambers will be looking to defend the 60m title he won two years ago in Turin.
Sir Alex Ferguson has made it his mission to make United the first side to successfully defend the Champions League title and they set about their old Premier League adversaries with relish from the first whistle.
Federer was using the tournament as a warm-up to the French Open, where the Swiss ace will be looking to defend his title when the tournament starts at Roland Garros on May 23.
British light heavyweight champion Peter Oboh has been stripped of his crown by the British Boxing Board of Control after refusing to defend his title on the undercard.
New Zealand's Michael Campbell will defend the US Open title he won last year at Pinehurst.
One year after a surprising run to the Stanley Cup finals, they are gone without getting a chance to defend their title in the postseason.
The US, attempting to defend their title, failed to progress from the heats after 200m finalist Muna Lee struggled to get hold of the baton on the second handover and stumbled before pulling up with a hamstring injury.
The true test will come in late spring in Paris, where Nadal will defend his 2012 title at the French Open, a tournament he's won an astonishing seven times.
Reigning champion Sergei Lebid will defend his title at the Santry venue.
He's determined to try and defend his title in the manner in which he won it, which was obviously so convincing last year.
Djokovic is expected to defend his title at the Madrid Open next month ahead of the second grand slam of the season in Paris.
Early in March, I went to see Shaw defend his title at the Arnold Strongman Classic, the heaviest competition of its kind in the world.
The Maori, unable to defend their title last year when they were busy beating the British and Irish Lions in Hamilton, ran in seven tries.
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Shiffrin's compatriot Ted Ligety will be seeking his third gold of the championships as he bids to defend his giant slalom title on Friday, and the men's program concludes with Sunday's slalom race.
Watson, who will defend his Masters title when the first major championship of 2013 gets underway in April, is on seven-under, four off the lead, but says Johnson is in top form going into the last day.
England's Mike Tredgett and Nora Perry, who were the last pair to successfully defend their mixed doubles title 25 years ago, will be among the sell-out crowd for Sunday's final.
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The Devonian teenager was unable to defend his European title two months earlier, having injured his triceps muscle during the 10m synchro competition in Budapest.
She would be the first player to defend her title in Stuttgart since Lindsay Davenport in 2005.
He was to successfully defend his title on three occasions over the next two years, including a stoppage of Frank Bruno.
But England's players were unable to show anything like the form required to defend their world title as South Africa, inspired by a superb performance from scrum-half Fourie du Preez, dominated almost every facet of the match.
Also today, I got to see the arena in which Froch will defend his title.
The 25-year-old, who died after becoming ill, had been hoping to help the Isle of Man defend their floor hockey title.
"I hope to come back next year to defend my title and I'm hoping the local public will support me again, " he added.
The 25-year-old was aiming to help the Isle of Man defend their floor hockey title but was taken ill and died in PyeongChang on Wednesday.
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