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The Olympic Games are in full swing, and the excitement is reaching a fever pitch. With a packed weekend of thrilling competitions, there’s no shortage of opportunities to get in on the action with some enticing Olympic betting lines.

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Friday, August 2nd – Sunday, August 4th, 2024

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The 2024 Paris Olympics have already delivered some great action and entertainment, but things are actually going to move to another level this weekend

Action on the track is going to begin, and there are some great events to get things going.

Not only will some of the best track and field athletes be competing, but there are some other events that are still in action

Golf is a sport that kicked off on Thursday, and there will be a gold medal winner crowned this weekend.

Here is a look at some of the top betting odds to check out this weekend, and some of the betting picks that should be made.

Writer’s Picks on the Top Events on the Weekend

Men’s 100M Dash

The 100M dash is always one of the best events of the Olympic games, and that will be the case yet again this year

While there isn’t a deep field of talented runners set to take to the track this week, there could be a terrific battle between two of the fastest men in the world.

Not only is this expected to be a great race, but the betting odds to win this race are exactly the same

Kishane Thompson and Noah Lyles both have betting odds set at +125 to win the 100M dash on the men’s side of things, and there is a huge gap after those two men.

Oblique Seville is the next man on the list, but his odds are all the way down at +900

This is going to be a race between Thompson and Lyles, and it should come down to a photo finish that leaves everyone thrilled.

Lyles has been having the most success this year, and he is going to come away with a win for the United States at +125 in the 100M dash.

Olympic Men’s 100M Dash
Winning Pick: Shacarri Richardson | Current Olympic Athletics Odds
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Women’s 100M Dash

The women’s 100M dash is going to be a great race to watch as well, but some of the hype was taken away after Shericka Jackson from Jamaica pulled out of this event

Jackson is only going to compete in the 200M dash, but she was among the favorites to win the 100M dash as well.

Shacarri Richardson has been the betting favorite since the betting odds came out, and those odds have improved over time

Those odds for Richardson are now sitting at -295, and it’s rare to see that big of a favorite in such a short race.

Julien Alfred now has the second-best odds to come away with a win in the 100M dash as her odds are sitting at +420 to make that happen

Not only would it be a shock to see her win due to the odds, but her times just have not been as fast as Richardson’s.

Even though this is going to be an exciting race to watch, there won’t be any drama near the finish line

Richardson is the big betting favorite for a reason, and she is going to come away with a win in this event.

Olympic Women’s 100M Dash
Winning Pick: Shacarri Richardson | Current Olympic Athletics Odds
MyBookie Betting Lines for the Gold Medal

Men’s/Women’s 200M Dash

The 200M dash on both the men’s and women’s side of things will be exciting to follow as well, and each race has a couple of top competitors

Some of the same names that you see in the mix to win the 100M dash will also be looking to win this race as well.

Gabrielle Thomas has emerged as the women’s favorite to win the 200M dash, but she’s not a huge favorite in this race

Thomas has betting odds set at +109 to come away with the win, while Shericka Jackson isn’t far behind at +200.

Noah Lyles is a big betting favorite to win the 200M dash as well, and this is a race in which he doesn’t really have a challenger

Lyles has odds set at -391, and no other man shows up until odds set at +500.

This is going to be a sweep for the betting favorites as it will be Gabrielle Thomas and Noah Lyles that win gold medals in the 200M dash.

Olympic 200M Dash
Winning Pick: Gabrielle Thomas / Noah Lyles | Current Olympic Athletics Odds
MyBookie Betting Lines for the Gold Medal

Men’s Golf

Men’s golf is a sport that many are looking forward to watching at the Paris Olympics, and that action got started on Thursday

60 of the best golfers in the world will be teeing it up this weekend, and it’s Hideki Matsuyama that is the leader at -8 after Round 1.

Betting odds for men’s golf change in a hurry as this is a sport in which there can be changes each day

There really is not bad time to bet on the golf odds that are out there, but you should always be looking to cash in.

Xander Schauffele is now the betting favorite at +300, and this would be his second straight gold medal in this sport

Scottie Scheffler was the clear favorite to win gold before the start of Round 1, but those odds have now fallen to +400.

Matsuyama is currently sitting at +620 to win the gold medal in men’s golf, and he has built up a nice lead

Getting a bet in Golf now would be a good idea, and it’s wise to bet on Xander Schauffele at +300 to come up with another gold.

Olympic Golf
Winning Pick: United States | Current Olympic Golf Odds
MyBookie Betting Lines for the Gold Medal

A Look at Basketball Odds

Basketball is another marquee sport at the Summer Olympics, and both men and women are playing this sport

This has traditionally been a sport dominated by the United States, but the rest of the world is catching up just a bit.

Group stage will be wrapping up this weekend, and that is going to set the bracket for the qualifying action

That’s when the betting odds will shift a bit, but there are already some great betting options out there.

Team USA is a big betting favorite to win the men’s gold medal, but the odds have moved a bit since the games began

Those odds are now sitting at -676, and it’s Canada that is next on the list at +760.

The odds to win the women’s gold medal still favor the United States in a major way, and there is just no way they are getting beat

This sport has been dominated by the United States in the past, and that will continue this year.

Olympic Basketball
Winning Pick: United States | Current Olympic Basketball Odds
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It’s one of the smallest fields of the year on the PGA Tour this week (61) but it’s still a very good one as the Tour visits Akron, Ohio, for the big-money World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational. Unfortunately, the biggest name in golf, eight-time champion Tiger Woods, still isn’t healthy enough to play and now it’s looking like he might not be at all in 2016. World No. 1 Jason Day is the +550 favorite on betting picks.

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Woods hosted the Quicken Loans National at Congressional outside of Washington, D.C., over the weekend and admitted on Sunday that’s he’s trying but not sure he will play this year off back surgery. “I’m going to do it right so I don’t have another surgery,” he said, in reference to previous occasions when he admitted coming back too soon from injuries. Woods said he still needs to get into golf shape, although he is now able to play 18 holes of golf on consecutive days.

How much money is at stake this week? The last-place finisher at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational will take home at least $50,000. By comparison, that’s the same amount Arnold Palmer pocketed for winning the 1971 Westchester Classic — the biggest check of his PGA Tour career.

Why such a small field this week? With the golf returning to the Olympics in August, two of the summer’s biggest events, the PGA Championship and the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, were forced to move up in the calendar. The European Tour was not pleased with this tournament’s placement on the schedule — the same week as the 100th playing of the French Open — and declared its players could only earn Ryder Cup points by playing in France. As a result, several top Europeans, like Rory McIlroy, are staying overseas.

As for Day, he comes in off an eighth-place finish at the U.S. Open. He was 12th here last year and has a best result of fourth in 2011. Hard to argue against Day as he has seven wins since July 26, 2015. No other player has more than three. In last 21 official starts, Day has finished outside the top 25 just twice.

American Dustin Johnson is +750. He of course won the U.S. Open for his first career major title. He now has nine straight PGA Tour seasons with a win, the longest active streak on Tour. Each of the last two times Johnson won, he followed it up with a top-10 finish in his next tournament.

Jordan Spieth is +850. It’s his third career start in this tournament with a best finish of 10th last year. Spieth won at Colonial a few weeks ago but was 57th in the Memorial and 37th in the U.S. Open.

The defending champ is Ireland’s Shane Lowry, who is +3500 to repeat. Lowry shot a bogey-free 66 to come from behind and win the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational by two shots in 2015. It was Lowry’s first PGA Tour win and he hasn’t tasted victory since. Bubba Watson shot a final-round 66 last year as well to finish solo second. Playing in the final pairing on Sunday, neither Jim Furyk nor Justin Rose managed to break par, with matching 2-over 72s.

Expert Prediction

I don’t like Johnson at all this week — he’s probably still celebrating his U.S. Open title. Take Spieth (-175), Watson (+140) and Brooks Koepka (+120) each for a top 10 on betting odds. I like Koepka to win at +1800. He was sixth here last year and is playing really well in 2016.