Olympics Odds Today August 2nd – Picks for Medal Events in Track, Badminton, Weight Lifting
- The Tokyo Olympics continue on Monday, August 2nd with more medals up for grabs
- USA’s JuVaughn Harrison has his sets sight on a medal in the Long Jump final, after finishing 7th in the High Jump
- Read below for odds, analysis and best bets
Team USA continues to lead the overall medal standings at the Tokyo Olympics, but remain well back of China in the gold medal department. The U.S. trail the Chinese by four gold medals and will be looking to close that gap on Monday (August 2nd).
One athlete primed to challenge for a medal, and potentially even bring home a gold, is track star JuVaughn Harrison. The 22-year-old has the third shortest odds to win gold in Long Jump, and has already made history at these Games.
Men’s Long Jump Odds
Athlete | Odds |
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Juan Miguel Echevarria (CUB) | +100 |
Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE) | +300 |
JuVaughn Harrison (USA) | +450 |
Yuki Hashioka (JPN) | +600 |
Tajay Gayle (JAM) | +800 |
Maykel Masso (CUB) | +2500 |
Thobias Montler (SWE) | +2500 |
Huang Changzhou (CHN) | +8000 |
Odds as of August 1st at DraftKings.
Harrison is the first American male since 1912 to represent his country in both the High Jump and Long Jump. He qualified for the final in both, but failed to medal in the High Jump finishing 7th.
Roughly within 12 hours of each other, JuVaughn Harrison would be competing in the final of the high jump (today) and long jump (tomorrow)
— Aniket Mishra (@aniketmishra299) August 1, 2021
Harrison’s had a phenomenal 2021, winning both the indoor and outdoor NCAA championships in both events, and sweeping the two at the U.S. Olympic trials. He enters the Long Jump final with the fourth best qualifying score, but he knows he has more in the tank. His qualifying result was .34 meters short of his personal and season best, and if he can replicate his personal best number he’ll have an excellent chance to challenge for gold.
In his way however, is the favorite Juan Miguel Echevarria from Cuba, who topped the qualification round, and owns a longer personal best than Harrison. Only one jumper has posted a longer lump this season than Echevarria, and that’s Miltiadis Tentoglou, who feels underpriced at +300.
WOW
Miltiadis Tentoglou jumps out to a sensational 8.60m (0.7) in Kallithea 🇬🇷
16th all-time 💪 pic.twitter.com/HcJiVOcXyd
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) May 26, 2021
The Greek jumper finished with the second best jump in qualifying and is a strong bet to provide Greece with its second gold medal.
Pick: Miltiadis Tentoglou (+300)
Women’s Badminton Gold Medal Odds
Athletes | Odds |
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Greysia Polii & Apriyani Rahayu (INA) | +260 |
Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan (CHN) | -400 |
China and Indonesia will meet for gold in Women’s Badminton on Monday, marking the first time Indonesia has made a final in this event. Both teams are undefeated to this point, but oddsmakers have made the Chinese duo a big favorite.
What an amazing display of skills.
Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan #CHN storm into the WD finals at #Tokyo2020 and will face Greysia Polii/Apriani Rahayu #INA
Gonna be another cracker, the #CHN dominance continues.. #Badminton
— ᐯ メ ᗪ (@VXDXI) July 31, 2021
Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan are the world No. 2 pair and will be seeking China’s third gold medal in Badminton at these Games. China has won gold in five of the past six Olympics, and no duo has won more money in Badminton World Federation events this season.
Pick: Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan (-400)
Women’s 87 kg Weightlifting Odds
Athlete | Odds |
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Wang Zhouyu (CHN) | -1200 |
Tamara Salazar (ECU) | +700 |
Crismery Santana (DOM) | +1000 |
Maria Fernanda Valdes (CHI) | +1400 |
Naryury Perez (VEN) | +2200 |
Mattie Rogers (USA) | +2200 |
Lidia Valentin (ESP) | +2500 |
Elena Cilcic (MDA) | +5000 |
When it comes to Women’s Weightlifting in the 87 kg category, its China’s Wang Zhouyu and then everyone else. The reigning two-time world champ is an overwhelming favorite to win gold, and rightfully so.
Her personal best 286 kg total (629.2 lbs) is 30 kg heavier than Tamara Salazar’s, who boasts the second shortest odds. Zhouyu’s personal records are so impressive that they would have landed her on the podium in Rio in 2016 in a heavier weight class.
The question isn’t whether or not she’s going to win gold, because that’s a virtual lock, it’s whether or not she can set a new personal record.
Time to make our way to Tokyo ✈️ pic.twitter.com/qtps1LjAgc
— Mattie Rogers (@mattie_rogers) July 28, 2021
As for American Mattie Rogers, she isn’t likely to push Zhouyu for top spot, but she should contend for a medal. The 24-year-old has medaled at three straight World Championships and if she can approach the 251 kg total she hit at the Pan Am Championships this year, a second place finish is within her range of outcomes.
Pick: Wang Zhouyu (-1200)