World Championship Specials with William Hill
August 26, 2011
World Championships, Daegu (South Korea), 27th August – 4th September 2011
Great Britain head into the 13th World Championships in Daegu (South Korea) with a real chance of grabbing four gold medals, which would surpass their highest total of three golds won in 1993. The Golden Girl of British athletics, heptathlete Jessica Ennis, has been in sensational form since she burst onto the scene at the 2009 World Championships and is definitely the one to beat this year. A cracking performance in Daegu could even take her past Denise Lewis’s British record. The 10,000m runner Mo Farah has had a stunning 2011, setting both British and European records, and looks in great shape heading into South Korea. Similarly Dai Greene has showed some great form so far this year and is a good bet to win the 400m hurdles. Triple jumper Phillips Idowu harbours strong hopes defending his World Championship but will have to beat a tough field to win gold. Other athletes with faint hopes of gold include Lisa Dobriskey (1500m), Jenny Meadows (800m), and the long jumpers Greg Rutherford and Chris Tomlinson.
For his impeccably high standards Usain Bolt had a fairly average 2010 but after winning all of his races so far in 2011 he looks to be back in form. Following the withdrawal of his closest rivals, Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay, Bolt is now the overwhelming 1/6 favourite to win the 100m. If for some reason he doesn’t perform on the day then Yohan Blake at 6/1 or Richard Thompson at 18/1 will be in hot pursuit. From an Great British perspective Dwain Chambers has long odds of 125/1 to pull off an unlikely win while Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and Marlon Devonish are priced as massive outsiders at 250/1.
The South African 400m runner Oscar Pistorius aka ‘Blade Runner’ will become the first ever amputee to race at the highest level when he steps onto the track at the World Championships this weekend. The 24-year-old is available at 3/1 to reach the 400m Final, 20/1 to win a medal and 100/1 to win gold.
Team GB to get Golds in 2011 World Championships
- 8/11 – Jessica Ennis
- 10/11 – Mo Farah
- 6/5 – Phillips Idowu
- 11/4 – Dai Greene
- 16/1 – Men’s 4x 100m
- 16/1 – Women’s 4x 100m
- 20/1 – Martyn Bernard
- 100/1 – Helen Clitheroe
- 100/1 – Christine Ohurugu
Total GB Gold Medals
100m – Men’s Winner
- 1/6 – Usain Bolt
- 6/1 – Yohan Blake
- 18/1 – Richard Thompson
- 20/1 – Nesta Carter
- 25/1 – Michael Frater
- 40/1 – Michael Rodgers
- 50/1 – Walter Dix
- 66/1 – Justin Gatlin
- 66/1 – Christophe Lemaitre
- 125/1 – Dwain Chambers
- 250/1 – Harry Aikines-Aryeetey
- 250/1 – Marlon Devonish
Oscar Pistorius Specials
- 3/1 – To Reach 400m Final
- 3/1 – To Run 400m In Under 45 Seconds
- 20/1 – To Win A Medal In 400m
- 100/1 – To Win 400m Outright
All odds supplied by William Hill
Chicago has best odds to host the 2016 Olympics
October 2, 2009
The hosts of the 2016 Olympics will be decided today at 18.00 (BST), there are four cities spread across four continents that are waiting to hear if they have been chosen to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Currently Chicago is looking the favourite to be chosen (but lets not forget Paris were looking good for 2012), closely followed by Rio, but as Brazil has been chosen for the 2014 World Cup this might go against them.
Whatever city is decided to host the event they will have to brace themselves for the amazing costs that are associated with being the host city, London which was chosen to host the 2010 Olympics has already seen costs rocket, the budget was originally slated for around £5 billion and has almost doubled to £9.3 billion.
Host City Odds
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Flora London Marathon betting odds
April 24, 2009
The annual Flora London Marathon is not one of the major sporting events that attracts a lot of betting as the runners are not always household names but with celebrity entrants becoming more prominent more and more eyes are on the event which can only increase the profile of the true runners in this exhausting endurance event. This year will Katie Price (Jordan) , Peter Andre and Gordon Ramsey
The race takes place on Sunday 26th April, with the men’s race starting at 9:50, the race can be watched live on BBC 1 with a choice of camera views available with the pressing of the red button.
Ladbrokes are offering a full race card on the major runners in the 2009 marathon.
2009 London Marathon Outright Winner
Kenya’s Martin Lel is confident looking for a record fourth London Marathon title on Sunday even though he is in recovery from an injury to his hip, last year he set a course record of two hours five minutes and 15 seconds to win the event and is therefore the favourite for this years race.
- 11/8 – Martin Lel
- 5/2 – Sammy Wanjiru
- 7/1 – Tsegaye Kebede
- 7/1 – Zersenay Tadese
- 10/1 – Jaouad Gharib
- 12/1 – Abderrahim Goumri
- 20/1 – Felix Limo
- 25/1 – Emmanuel Matai
- 25/1 – Khalid Khannouchi
- 25/1 – Viktor Rothlin
- 40/1 – Hendrick Ramaala
- 40/1 – Yonas Kifle
- 66/1 – Hicham Bellani
- 66/1 – Tessema Abshiro
- 100/1 – Dathan Ritzenhein
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