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2008 Beijing Summer Olympics: Odds to Win Men’s 100m
By bettingfool | July 31, 2008
The men’s 100-meter dash may never get its mojo back. But interest remains high for what most of the planet still considers the marquee event of the Olympic Summer Games. Having three of the World’s Fastest Men competing for gold in Beijing ought to liven things up even more.
At press time, the favorite was Jamaica’s Usain Bolt at 5-4. He holds the world record in the 100m at 9.72 seconds, which he set in New York just two months ago. Tyson Gay is the best hope for the United States at 9-5; he clocked a 9.77 at the U.S. Olympic Trials in June. And former world record holder Asafa Powell is a close third at 2-1. Powell might be slightly past his prime, having set the previous record of 9.74 seconds last September. His best time this year was the 9.82 he ran at Tuesday’s Monaco Grand Prix; neither Bolt nor Gay was in the field.
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