Ladbrokes Free Bet and 2012 Olympic Gold Medal Betting Update

The race for gold continues to favour China as the bookmakers have shortened them ever so slightly on day 6 of the 2012 Olympics. As it currently stands, punters will find China trading around 4/11 to walk away with the most gold medals at this Olympic games.

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China sit at 15 golds and are also ahead in the race for total medals with 27 – just a single medal ahead of the United States. They remain the second favourites and the only credible challenger to Chinese supremacy at this point. They are five gold medals back, sitting tight at a total of ten, but there is still more than half the games to come.

The United States are priced at 2/1 to finish with the most gold medals and they certainly do still have a chance – especially when you consider that they have several group events coming up in which they are clear favourites.

Russia, who are having a really crap Olympics, and Britain are the only other contenders with prices listed and you'll find them both at a hefty 100/1.

This is clearly a race between China and the United States.

Going into the race for the most European gold medals, Russia had long been the prohibitive favourite, however, this time they have really failed to get any real traction going. They currently sit ninth overall – behind France, Germany and Italy.

The UK are sitting just behind Russia in tenth place, two medals back, and look to be in pretty good striking distance if Russia fails to build any more steam.

Bookmakers have lengthened Russia to 10/11 and Britain have been taken into 6/5 – significantly lower than they were yesterday.