Bet365 Bonus Code And Latest Olympic Gold Medals Odds
- By Rex Dalton on August 1, 2012 00:38 GMT
We've been down to a two-horse race in the 2012 Olympic Gold Medal betting since the games started and it's been a pretty competitive fight over the last few days. China, currently, appears to be pulling away from their chief competitors the United States. That is, if the bookmakers are to be believed at this point.
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China have been clipped down to 2/5 to finish the Olympics with the highest count on gold medals. It's not hard to see why they're so heavily-favoured at this point – you'll find the Chinese standing on 13 total golds compared to the United States' count of 8 medals.
The Americans have notched a few more silvers and bronze medals than the Chinese have and, it has to be admitted that at least two of those Chinese gold medals may have question marks over top of them considering the controversy emanating from the pool in response to the 16 year-old Chinese girl who was able to clock faster split times than any male swimmer in history.
The United States are rewarding at a very solid 7/4 if you think they can mount a charge in the remaining several days of the competition – we're still far less than halfway through. Many of the team sports and sports with several heats take a few days to get settled up and the United States are heavily-favoured in many of these – basketball, anyone?
There are odds listed on a few others, but with the closest competitor being France at 11 medals, it's pretty much down to just China and the United States. For some reason, Russia are trading at 66/1 as the third betting choice for most Olympic golds.
Regarding the total medals count, China have 23 total while the Americans are nipping at their heels with a 22 count. France sit in third with 11 total while the North Koreans sit fourth in the weighted total with four medals – three of which are gold.
Russia are still favoured to grab the most Gold Medals out of all the European countries with a slim 4/7 price tag. Britain are 7/4 while France are a lengthy 12/1 – that's not a bad wager if you think the Russians will under-perform.
