I'm fairly confident that NZ can win 3 gold medals, but not so confident they can win more than 3. So, if Centrebet was offering a bet of over or under 2.5 gold medals, I'd say bet on over. However their bet is over or under 3.5 gold medals and I'm not so sure about that.

Well rabbitz, they do say once you have black, you never go back so you may be right.

http://www.athens2004.com
has all the info you need

Watched a replay of the womens volleyball yesterday and the team of walsh/may from the USA looked vey good and are rated a top chance of gold in athens,looked at the prices and was surprised to see their $10 to win,behind BRAZIL, CHINA and CUBA.

MENS-CYCLING ROAD RACE 14/8

BETTINI Paolo (Italy) $8.00
OGRADY Stuart (Australia) $8.00
ULLRICH Jan (Germany) $10.00
VINOKOUROV Alexandre (Kaz) $10.00
VALVERDE Alejandro (Spain) $10.00
HUSHOVD Thor (Norway) $12.00
McEWAN Robbie (Australia) $14.00
FREIRE Oscar (Spain) $17.00
VAN PETEGEM Peter (Belg) $17.00
ZABEL Erik (Germany) $21.00
KLODEN Andreas (Germany) $26.00
VAN HEESWIJK Max (Nether) $31.00
ASTARLOA Igor (Spain) $31.00
BOOGERD Michael (Nether) $31.00
DEKKER Erik (Netherlands) $31.00
BROCHARD Laurent (France) $41.00
HINCAPIE George (USA) $41.00
KNAVEN Servais (Netherlands) $41.00
VOIGT Jens (Germany) $41.00
BACKSTEDT Magnus (Sweden) $51.00
COOKE Baden (Australia) $51.00
HAMILTON Tyler (USA) $51.00
MOREAU Christophe (France) $51.00
RASMUSSEN Michael (Denmark) $51.00
KIRSIPUU Jaan (Estonia) $51.00
TOTSCHNIG George (Austria) $61.00
CHAVANEL Sylvain (France) $61.00
KIRCHEN Kim (Luxembourg) $61.00
POZZATO Filippo (Italy) $61.00
ARVESEN Kurt-Asle (Norway) $61.00
GLOMSER Gerrit (Austria) $81.00
GONZALES GALDEANO Igor (Sp) $81.00
MERCKX Axel (Belgium) $81.00
ROGERS Michael (Australia) $81.00
VAINSTEINS Romans (Latvia) $81.00
VOECKLER Thomas (France) $81.00
BODROGL Laszlo (Hungary) $81.00
HAUPTMAN Andrej (Slovenia) $81.00
HOJ Frank (Denmark) $81.00
TOMBAK Janek (Estonia) $81.00
VALJAVEC Tadej (Slovak) $81.00
DEAN Julian (NZ) $101.00
MORENI Cristian (Italy) $101.00
WHITE Matthew (Australia) $151.00

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MENS-CYCLING ROAD RACE 14/8

Spain reported to have a very strong team, with three riders (Valverde 9/1, Astarloa 30/1, Freire 16/1) all capable of winning.

Italy also a strong squad, with team captain Paolo Bettini (7/1) probably the World's #1 single day rider based on his two consecutive World Cup titles.

Defending Olympic champion Jan Ullrich (9/1) of Germany has a strong team behind him as well.

Alexandre Vinokourov 9/1 (Kazakhstan) is determined to better his 2000 Olympics silver medal.

With Stuart O'Grady (7/1) and Robbie McEwen (13/1) at the start, Australia could deliver a medal.

Belgium also has a decent team with the crafty, experienced Van Petegem (16/1) and an in-form Axel Merckx (80/1!).

Dutch dangerman Erik Dekker (30/1!) certainly has the ability to win, and his form has improved after the Tour De France.

Both Norwegian riders Thor Hushovd (11/1) and recent Tour of Denmark winner Kurt-Asle Arvesen (60/1!) are also strong riders.

George Hincapie - USA (40/1) is always a danger man in a high-stakes one day race.



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[ This Message was edited by: Paddy on 2004-08-13 20:52 ]

Throwing all the form study in the wheelie bin for a while and want to have a play with Olympics betting.
Someone point me to where I can get an itinary as to what event is next on the card and what time it's run?

Okay, hope this helps Mo.

Go to http://www.athens2004.com/en/results/results
Where you see an 'F' that means a Final, and a gold medal will be decided. Click on those boxes and you'll get the Greek times. Simply add 7 hours to get Australian time.

Another idea is to look at the TAB Sportsbet site, because they tell you which major events are coming up in the next couple of days and what time you have to get your bets on by.

A couple of things you might find helpful with betting on some of the big events:
2004 Swimming world rankings:
http://www.fina.org/wranklcmfront.html
2004 Athletics world rankings:
http://www.iaaf.org/worldrankings/index.html


[ This Message was edited by: sportznut on 2004-08-15 15:52 ]

The Swimming went pretty much how I thought it would last night, with world records to Phelps and also our women's relay team. I was really disappointed with Thorpe's 400 swim though and his odds should definitely have gone out for the 200. Phelps, Hackett and Van Den Hoogenband will be more confident after seeing that. After last night's semi-finals, it also looks like it will be a tough ask for Petria Thomas to beat De Bruijn in the 100 fly tonight.

Tomorrow:
Best Bet - USA in the Men's 4x100 Freestyle Relay at $1.40. Barring disqualification, they're pretty much certainties.
Best Roughie - Kaitlin Sandeno in the Women's 400 Freestyle at $23.00. She took a huge slice off her PB in the medley last night and if she makes a similar type of improvement here, those odds are far too big. The favourite Hannah Stockbauer will probably be the one to beat though.


[ This Message was edited by: sportznut on 2004-08-15 15:56 ]

Think thorpedo wont have too much trouble in the 200,he looked to struggle the last bit,will be too strong tonight,my eyes wont open just yet after watching 7 games of football and then the swimming until 4.30 i,m starting to feel the pinch,setting the alarm for 2.40 am so i wont miss thorpe blow them away,NO one can beat phelps in a medley he's too brilliant.