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Mitchell Watt is the $3.65 favourite with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au to win gold in the men’s long jump at the London Olympic Games.

Great Britain’s Greg Rutherford ($6.00) and German Sebastian Bayer ($8.00) loom as the Watt’s biggest threats, but punters think Aussie is up to the challenge, with 91 percent of money wagered on Watt.

In the men’s pole vault, Steve Hooker remains on the fourth line of betting despite firming from $12 into $10. France’s Renaud Lavillenie is the $1.83 favourite to win gold.

Other Aussie medal chances in the athletics include, Sally Pearson, who is now into $1.45 to win the women’s 100m hurdles, and Jared Tallent, who is on the third line of betting at $6.00 for the men’s 50km walk.

Dani Samuels is a $41 outsider in the women’s discuss, while Tallent’s wife Claire is priced at $41 to win the women’s 20km walk, and our men’s and women’s 4 x 100m relay teams are priced at $501 and $101 respectively.

“Sally Pearson and Mitchell Watt are our best chances of gold in the minds of Aussie punters, with the pair overwhelming backed to win,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said.

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Men’s Long Jump
$3.65 Mitchell Watt
$6.00 Greg Rutherford
$8.00 Sebastian Bayer
$8.50 Irving Saladino
$10 Marquise Goodwin
$13 Sergey Morgunov
$17 Godfrey Khotso Mokoena
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Others quoted

Men’s Pole Vault
$1.83 Renaud Lavillenie
$7.00 Bjorn Otto
$8.50 Malte Mohr
$10 Steve Hooker
$15 Pawel Wojciechowski
$17 Lukasz Michalski
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Others quoted

Women’s 100m Hurdles
$1.45 Sally Pearson
$4.50 Kellie Wells
$10 Dawn Harper
$17 Lolo Jones
$17 Briitte Foster-Hylton
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Others quoted

Women’s Discuss
$2.50 Sandra Perkovic
$3.00 Darya Pishchalnikova
$5.00 Nadine Muller
$7.50 Yanfeng Li
$15 Yarelis Barrios
$26 Stephanie Brown Trafton
$34 Zaneta Glanc
$41 Dani Samuels
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Others quoted

Men’s 50km Walk
$3.00 Sergey Bakulin
$3.25 Sergey Kirdyapkin
$6.00 Jared Tallent
$6.00 Alex Schwarzer
$6.00 Igor Erokhin
$9.00 Tianfeng Si
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Others quoted

Men’s 20km Walk
$2.25 Valeriy Borchin
$3.40 Zhen Wang
$7.00 Vladimir Kanaykin
$9.00 Ding Chen
$13 Andrey Krivov
$18 Luis Fernando Lopez
$21 Jared Tallent
$26 Nazar Kovalenko
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Others quoted

Women’s 20km Walk
$2.25 Olga Kaniskina
$3.75 Hong Liu
$6.00 Anisya Kirdyapkina
$6.00 Elena Lashmanova
$9.00 Xiuzhi Lu
$13 Shenjie Qieyang
$21 Elisa Rigaudo
$26 Ana Cabecinha
$31 Joe Maria Poves
$41 Maria Vasco
$41 Claire Tallent
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Others quoted

Men’s 4 x 100m Relay
$1.30 Jamaica
$4.00 USA
$19 Trinidad & Tobago
$34 Great Britain
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$501 Australia

Women’s 4 x 100m Relay
$1.91 USA
$2.00 Jamaica
$17 Trinidad & Tobago
$34 Ukraine
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$101 Australia

The Chiefs are the red-hot favourites for tomorrow’s Super Rugby Final, backed into $1.32 by punters with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au.

Their South African opponents, the Sharks, are the $3.45 outsider in head-to-head betting.

Led by Sonny Bill Williams, the Chiefs have also attracted 73 percent of bets wagered on the line market, which gives the Sharks a 7.5 point start ($1.92).

“The money has been coming in two to one in favour of the Chiefs in head-to-head betting all week, with punters also backing the Kiwi side to comfortably cover the -7.5 point line,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said.

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Super Rugby Grand Final – Chiefs v Sharks
$1.32 Chiefs
$3.45 Sharks

Line
$1.92 Chiefs (-7.5)
$1.92 Sharks (+7.5)

Margin
$2.45 Chiefs 1-12
$2.80 Chiefs 13+
$4.00 Sharks 1-12
$11 Sharks 13+
$21 Draw

Anna Meares looks set to have the final say in her battle with Victoria Pendleton, installed at $1.75 by online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au to win more gold medals at the London Olympics than her fierce rival.

Pendleton has been priced as the $3.20 outsider to win more gold than Meares, with a tie at $4.20.

Meares heads the betting to win gold in the women’s sprint, firming from $2.38 into $2.20, and also in the women’s keiren, where she’s the $2.37 favourite.

Pendleton is priced at $2.88 and $5.00 respectively for the events.

“Forget the rest, the women’s cycling events look to be a two-horse race, of which the punters have overwhelmingly backed Meares to win,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said.

Australia is the $2.40 favourite for the women’s team sprint, ahead of Germany ($2.80) and Great Britain ($3.25), and are on the second line of betting at $4.50 for the women’s team pursuit.

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Most Gold Medals – Anna Meares v Victoria Pendleton

$1.75 Anna Meares

$3.20 Victoria Pendleton

$4.20 Equal number of gold medals

*Both must cycle in all three events – Keirin, Sprint and Team Sprint

Women’s Sprint
$2.20 Anna Meares (in from $2.38)
$2.88 Victoria Pendleton (in from $3.08)
$9.00 Shuang Gui (in from $9.40)
$9.00 Simona Krupeckaite (out from $7.90)
$13 Lyubov Shulika (out from $9.40)
$13 Olga Panarina (out from $9.40)
$13 Willy Kanis (in from $13.75)
Others quoted

Women’s Keirin
$2.37 Anna Meares (in from $2.39)
$5.00 Victoria Pendleton (in from $5.95)
$6.00 Simona Krupeckaite (out from $5.95)
$7.50 Ekaterina Gnidenko (out from $5.95)
$10 Shuang Gui (in from $10.90)
$10 Lyubov Shulika (in from $10.90)
$13 Olga Panarina (in from $13.75)
Others quoted

Women’s Team Sprint
$2.40 Australia (in from $2.99)
$2.80 Germany (in from $2.99)
$3.25 Great Britain (out from $3.08)
$11 China (out from $10.90)
$36 France (out from $35)
$76 Netherlands (out from $55)

Women’s Team Pursuit
$1.28 Great Britain (steady)
$4.50 Australia (in from $4.95)
$12 Canada (in from $12.75)
$17 New Zealand (in from $17.75)
$23 Netherlands (in from $25)
$26 USA (in from $30)

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.

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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

Tickets to the NRL Grand Final could be as rare as hen’s teeth this season, with punters from online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au warming to an all Sydney team decider.

An all Sydney Grand Final has firmed from $1.95 into $1.88, while it not happening has eased from $1.80 out to $1.88.

“There’s four Sydney based NRL clubs in the top eight, with several more making a late push for the finals, but no doubt it’s the form of the Bulldogs and Rabbitohs that the punters like,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said.

The Bulldogs have firmed into $1.14 to be the highest finishing New South Wales club this season, with the Rabbitohs next at $4.50, followed by Manly at $41 and the Sharks at $101.

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All Sydney NRL Grand Final in 2012?
$1.88 No (out from $1.80)
$1.88 Yes (in from $1.95)

Top finishing New South Wales team
$1.14 Canterbury Bulldogs
$4.50 South Sydney Rabbitohs
$41 Manly Sea Eagles
$101 Cronulla Sharks

William Pike has been opened as the $1.45 favourite by online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au to take make it back-to-back West Australian jockey premierships.

Peter Knuckey is next in the market at $4.80, followed by Shaun O’Donnell ($8.50) and Paul Harvey ($9.00).

“Pike is the form jockey of the West, winning last year’s premiership with a strike rate of almost 20 percent, and he rightly heads the betting for 2012/13,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said.

Unlike the battle between the jockeys, the race for the trainers’ premiership is much tighter, with 2011/12 winner Adam Durant installed as the $2.40 favourite, ahead of Jim Taylor ($3.80) and Neville Parnham ($6.50).

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West Australian Metro Jockey Premiership winner
$1.45 William Pike
$4.80 Peter Knuckey
$8.50 Shaun O’Donnell
$9.00 Paul Harvey
$21 Any other individual jockey
$26 Jason Whiting
$34 Patrick Carbery
$51 Shaun McGruddy

West Australian Trainer Premiership
$2.40 Adam Durant
$3.80 Jim Taylor
$6.50 Neville Parnham
$8.50 David Harrison
$10 Grant Williams
$10 Simon Miller
$18 Any other individual trainer
$31 Daniel MortoN

Luke Nolen has been opened as the $1.45 favourite by online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au to take make it back-to-back Victorian metro jockey premierships.

His biggest opponent will again be Craig Newitt, who’s next at $5.50, while Damien Oliver ($13), Craig Williams ($13) and Dwayne Dunn ($15) are among others in the market.

“Nolen kicked away from Craig Newitt to win last year, and with the backing of the powerful Peter Moody stable, looks to be the man once again in Melbourne,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said.

Peter Moody has been opened at the Black Caviar price of $1.05 to win the trainers’ premiership, with Robert Smerdon next in the market at a distant $12.

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Victorian Metro Jockey Premiership winner
$1.45 Luke Nolen
$5.50 Craig Newitt
$13 Damien Oliver
$13 Craig Williams
$15 Dwayne Dunn
$15 Any other individual jockey
$17 Nick Hall
$17 Glen Boss
$17 Michael Rodd

Victorian Metro Trainer Premiership winner
$1.05 Peter Moody
$12 Robert Smerdon
$15 Mick Price
$15 Peter Snowden
$17 Anthony Freedman
$41 Mark Kavanagh
$61 Any other individual trainer
$81 Matthew Ellerton and Simon Zahra
$101 David Hayes

Hugh Bowman has been opened as the $2.10 favourite by online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au to take make it back-to-back New South Wales metro jockey premierships.

His biggest opponent will once again be Nash Rawiller, who’s next at $2.50, while Corey Brown ($6.00), Glyn Schofield ($8.00), Kerrin McEvoy ($21) and Brenton Avdulla ($101) are all in market.

“Bowman and Rawiller have had some ding-dong battles over the past few years, and the market suggests Hugh might just shade Nash this year too,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said.

Chris Waller has been opened at just $1.14 to win the trainers’ premiership, with Gai Waterhouse ($4.00) seemingly his only real threat. Peter Snowden has been priced at $13.

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New South Wales Metro Jockey Premiership winner
$2.10 Hugh Bowman
$2.50 Nash Rawiller
$6.00 Corey Brown
$8.00 Glyn Schofield
$16 Any other individual jockey
$21 Kerrin McEvoy
$101 Brenton Avdulla

New South Wales Metro Trainer Premiership
$1.14 Chris Waller
$4.00 Gai Waterhouse
$13 Peter Snowden
$101 Any other individual trainer
$101 Anthony Cummings
$101 John O’Shea
$101 Guy Walter
$151 Joseph Pride

It’s been blamed for costing our athletes gold at the London Olympics, now online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au has opened a market on which Australian athlete will jump off the Twitter bandwagon and be first to shut down their account.

A quartet of swimmers head the betting, with Stephanie Rice the $4.00 favourite, ahead of Emily Seebohm ($6.00), Eamon Sullivan ($8.00) and Alicia Coutts ($9.00).

“For obvious reasons there will be plenty of people who will be shattered by Stephanie Rice being the favourite to be the first athlete to shut down their Twitter account,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said.

Patty Mills and Matthew Mitcham are next in the market at $10, while Mitchell Watt ($19), Steve Hooker ($19) and Cadel Evans ($26) are the outsiders in betting.

Sportsbet.com.au has also opened a market on which governing body will be the first to ban athletes from using Twitter during official competition, with Swimming Australia the $3.00 favourite, ahead of Athletics Australia ($4.00) and Gymnastics Australia ($6.00), while the NRL and AFL are priced at $34 and $41 respectively.

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First Athlete to close their Twitter account

$4.00 Stephanie Rice – @ItsStephRice

$6.00 Emily Seebohm – @emcbomb

$8.00 Eamon Sullivan – @Eamon_Sullivan

$9.00 Alicia Coutts – @Alicia_Coutts

$10 Patty Mills – @Patty_Mills

$10 Matthew Mitcham – @matthew_mitcham

$11 Lauren Jackson – @laurenej15

$11 Anna Meares – @AnnaMeares

$13 James Roberts – @James__Roberts

$13 Elizabeth Cambage – @ecambage

$15 Caroline Buchanan – @CBuchanan68

$15 Sam Willoughby – @SW91

$19 Steve Hooker – @stevehookerpv

$19 Mitchell Watt – @MitchellWatt

$26 Cadel Evans – @CadelOfficial

First Governing Body to ban Twitter use during official competition

$3.00 Swimming Australia

$4.00 Athletics Australia

$6.00 Gymnastics Australia

$8.00 Basketball Australia

$10 Cycling Australia

$11 Cricket Australia

$13 Rowing Australia

$17 Hockey Australia

$21 Yachting Australia

$34 NRL

$41 AFL

Michael Cheika has been installed as the $1.33 favourite by online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au to be the next coach of the NSW Waratahs.

Former Wallaby and Manly coach Tim Lane, former Ireland mentor Eddie O’Sullivan and former West Harbour coach Brian Melrose share the second line of betting at $7.00.

Others in the market include current Waratahs assistant Allan Gaffney ($9.00), former NRL player Phil Blake ($13), current Reds director of coaching Ewen McKenzie ($21) and Todd Louden ($34).

“Michael Foley only resigned on Tuesday so it is early days, but the market indicates Michael Cheika is in the box-seat to be the next Waratahs coach,” sportsbet.com.au’s Ben Hawes said.

Sportsbet.com.au has also opened a market on whether or not the Waratahs will make the finals in 2013, with ‘No’ the $1.42 favourite and ‘Yes’ the $2.75 outsider.

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Next coach of the NSW Waratahs
$1.33 Michael Cheika
$7.00 Tim Lane
$7.00 Eddie O’Sullivan
$7.00 Brian Melrose
$9.00 Allan Gaffney
$9.00 John Mitchell
$13 Phil Blake
$21 Ewen McKenzie
$21 John Mulvihill
$34 Todd Louden
$101 Phil Kearns

Will the Waratahs make the finals in 2013?
$1.42 No
$2.75 Yes