He's going in 8. He dropped the 200 backstroke, but his chances are still pretty much the same because he never really had much chance of beating Piersol.

The shortening of the odds probably comes from people doing as I have done and working out that he would be favoured to win 5 or 6. As I said before, he's so damn good I certainly wouldn't write him off getting 7. If less than 7 golds is $1.10, what is 7 or more? I suppose about $6 or $7? It could be worth a gamble. You're basically betting on him winning all the races he's favoured to win and also getting 2 upsets from the 3 other races and they are not really HUGE upsets.

[ This Message was edited by: sportznut on 2004-07-30 07:53 ]

Sportz,

7 gold $5.50
7+ gold $26.00

200m freestyle betting at Sportodds:

$1.50 THORPE
$3.00 PHELPS
$6.00 VAN DEN HOOGENBAND
$9.00 HACKETT
$34.00 KELLER
($101+ Others)


[ This Message was edited by: sportznut on 2004-08-03 12:45 ]