JustBet tips Felix to upstage VCB in 200m
Published:Thursday | September 1, 2011 | 12:00 AM
As the drama-filled IAAF World Athletics Championships continues in Daegu, South Korea, Supreme Ventures, through its JustBet brand, has released odds for additional events.
Among the new events now available for wagering are the men's and women's 200m, men's long jump, women's 100m hurdles and women's high jump.
JustBet is again offering wagering on which athlete will win the gold medal in each event, with betting open until five minutes before the final of each discipline. The only exception will be for finals that take place on Sunday, for which all bets must be placed by Saturday.
Among JustBet's favourites for the men's 200m are defending World and Olympic champion Usain Bolt, who will be looking to make up for his disqualification in the 100m final, at odds of 1.02 (or 1/50). American Walter Dix is next at odds of 7.00 (or 6/1), while the Jamaica duo of Nickel Ashmeade and Mario Forsythe are favoured at 20.00 (or 19/1) and 40.00 (or 39/1), respectively.
In the women's 200m, a tense battle is expected between American Allyson Felix, a three-time World champion over this distance, and Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown, a two-time Olympic champion in the event. Felix is favoured at odds of 2.40 (or 7/5), while 'VCB', as she is commonly referred to, is favoured at odds of 2.50 (or 3/2).
Newly crowned 100m world champion, Carmelita Jeter, will attempt to pull off the sprint double and is listed at odds of 3.50 (or 5/2), while another Jamaican, Kerron Stewart, is at odds of 25.00 (or 24/1).
In the women's 100m hurdles, Australian Sally Pearson, who has been dominant on the Diamond League circuit this season, is favoured at odds 1.60 (or 3/5), followed by Americans Kellie Wells and Danielle Carruthers, each at odds of 5.00 (or 4/1).
In the men's long jump, heading the list of favourites is Australian Mitchell Watt, who won bronze in the event at the 2009 championships. He is listed at odds 1.75 (or 3/4), followed by former World and current Olympic champion, Panama's Irving Saladino, at odds of 4.50 (or 7/2).