The James Magnussen-led Australian team are on the second line of betting at $6.00 with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au for the men’s 4 x 100m medley relay, well behind $1.60 favourites, the USA.
The Missile also looks destined for more silver in the men’s 50m freestyle, priced as a $7.00 chance for gold behind favourite Cesar Cielo ($1.40) and American Cullen Jones ($6.50).
“Punters want nothing more than for our boys to pull off an upset in the medley relay, as there’s been comfortably more bets placed on Australia to win than the USA,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said.
“And the same goes in the 50m freestyle, where Magnussen has attracted 82 percent of all bets taken on the race.”
Eamon Sullivan remains a $34 outsider for the 50m freestyle event.
Markets courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
Men’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay
$1.40 USA
$6.00 Australia
$7.00 Japan
$10 Germany
$26 Netherlands
$31 France
$34 Great Britain
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Others quoted
Men’s 50m Freestyle
$1.60 Cesar Cielo
$6.50 Cullen Jones
$7.00 James Magnussen
$9.00 Anthony Ervin
$13 Bruno Fratus
$29 Luca Dotto
$34 Eamon Sullivan
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Others quoted