Tokyo 2020 Olympic Betting Guide for July 28th

Grant White

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Betting Guide for July 28th

Another exciting day of events is in the books in Tokyo, and we’re backing breaking down events starting on July 28 in the Western Hemisphere, rolling into July 29th. The top of the medal table is getting crowded with Japan, China, and the USA all within two gold medals. It’s a relatively quiet medal day on Wednesday, with hardware being handed out in only eight sports today. Nevertheless, there’s a bevy of wagering options available at FanDuel Sportsbook for today’s events.

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Men’s Golf

There is very little known about the Kasumigaseki Country Club and how it will play for the 2020 Olympic Games, and that’s reflected in these betting odds. The shortest odds are +700, and 15 golfers have odds of +2900 or better. That makes it challenging to properly assess each golfer’s chances in the tournament, but some ball strikers should fare well regardless of how the course plays.

One older worth watching is Corey Conners. The Canadian sits 11th on the PGA Tour with a Greens in Regulation percentage of 69.95%. Conners throws darts at the green, sitting tied-31st in proximity to hole, which will benefit him at Kasumigaseki, where iron play will be critical to success in the two-round tournament. We’ve also keyed in on Henrik Norlander, whose betting odds don’t accurately reflect his chances in the Olympic tournament. Norlander is 20th in Greens in Regulation Percentage at 69.3% and 31st in Driving Accuracy. The Swede is trending in the right direction, improving his finishing position in each of his last three tournaments, most recently finishing tied for fifth at the Barbasol Championship. There’s value in backing either golfer to win gold, Conners sits at +2700 with Norlander a much more tantalizing +10000, but we’re laying up and picking both to finish Top 5.

The Bets: Conners Top 5 +490, Norlander Top 5 +1500

Women’s 800m Freestyle

The heats for the Women’s 800m Freestyle competition get started in Session 11 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre at 6:02 am ET Thursday morning. World Record and Olympic Record holder Katie Ledecky is looking for her second gold medal of the games and enters as chalk to stand atop the podium in this event.

The price on Ledecky has come down since opening, currently sitting at -370. Ledecky’s entry time for the Olympics was nearly four seconds faster than her next closest competitor, Wang Jianjiahe, and the reason for the steep price. Ariarne Titmus sits second on the betting board thanks to winning gold medals in the 200m and 400m freestyle events. However, the 800m event is not Titmus’s specialty and her season-best time is 8:15.57, which is well off Ledecky’s pace. Ledecky’s biggest competition will come from Jianjiahe and Simona Quadarella of Italy, who thrive in middle distances. This price has moved down on Ledecky and warrants a play on the American. This is her event to lose.

The Bet: Katie Ledecky -370

Men’s 100m Freestyle

Medals will be handed out late Wednesday night when the men take to the pool for the 100m Freestyle Finals. Kliment Kolesnikov enters the final with the best qualifying time, surpassing Caeleb Dressel’s time by 12 one-hundredths of a second. Kolesnikov has consistently swum this event all season, with his worst recorded time being 47.37. The same can’t be said for Dressel, whose pre-Olympic times range from 47.39 to 49.75. Dressel is peaking at the right time, but so is Kolesnikov. The athlete from Russia has had better times than Dressel all season, and we’re not expecting that to change in the Olympic finals.

The Bet: Kliment Kolesnikov +220