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USA Has Most Valuable Men’s Surfing Gold Medal Odds at Paris Olympics

Zach Kelley — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 13:56:16 +0000

Olympic betting odds for the Men’s Surfing gold medal favor Gabriel Medina of Brazil with +200 odds.
John John Florence (+350) of the United States has great value as the No. 1 ranked surfer.
Rankings from the World Surf League (WSL) list American Griffin Colapinto (+1000) as the No. 2 ranked surfer, ahead of other surfers with less appealing odds.

TAHITI – Gabriel Medina earned his spot in the 2024 Paris Olympics with a dominant win at the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games. Now, he’s the Olympic betting odds favorites to win the gold medal with +200 odds.

Men’s Surfing Gold Medal Odds

Gabriel Medina (BRA) +200
John John Florence (USA) +350
Jack Robinson (AUS) +450
Kauli Vaast (FRA) +800
Griffin Colapinto (USA) +1000
Leonardo Fioravanti (ITA) +2500
Jordy Smith (RSA) +2800
Ethan Ewing (AUS) +3300
Filipe Toledo (BRA) +3300
Joao Chianca (BRA) +3300
Ramzi Boukhiam (MAR) +3300
Connor O'Leary (JPN) +4000
Kanoa Igarashi (JPN) +4000
Joan Duru (FRA) +5000
Lucca Mesinas (PER) +5000
Rio Waida (INA) +6600
Matthew McGillivray (RSA) +8000
Reo Inaba (JPN) +17500
Bryan Perez (ESA) +25000
Alan Cleland (MEX) +50000
Alonso Correa (PER) +50000
Andy Criere (ESP) +50000
Billy Stairmand (NZL) +50000
Tim Elter (FRA) +50000

Olympic surfers will compete in Teahupo’o, located on the French territory island of Tahiti. It’s the farthest medal competition outside of the host city in Olympic history, and it’s nickname of “End of the Road” references the danger of the reef break waves.

Florence (+350), Colapinto (+1000) Top Bets For Surfing Gold

Brazilians make up three of the top 10 spots to best the dangerous waves, but it’s the two Americans who stand out on the Olympic surfing betting odds board. John John Florence is the No. 1 ranked surfer according to World Surf League (WSL) and has +350 odds to win the Olympic Surfing gold medal.

The 31-year-old has responded strongly from two ACL tears prior to a ninth-place finish at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Florence is the WSL points leader with a win, three second place finishes, and two fifth place finishes this season.

His fellow countryman Griffin Colapinto’s Summer Olympics betting odds at +1000 are undervalued. Colapinto is the No. 2 ranked surfer in the World Surf League standings thanks to a win, three top five finishes and three more top 10 finishes.

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Surfer John John Florence Is Aiming For Olympics Despite Injury

Daniel Borjas — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 22:22:53 +0000

John John Florence is hoping to qualify for the 2020 Olympics.
An ACL injury has taken him out of the 2019 World Surf League Championship Tour.
Now Florence must wait to see if he will get an opportunity to qualify for Tokyo.

OAHU, Hawaii – John John Florence is hoping to make it to the 2020 Olympics, despite the fact he tore his ACL.

Qualifiers Are Passing By

One of the biggest qualifiers for the 2020 Olympics is the 2019 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour. During this time, there will be 10 men and women who will end up qualifying for the Tokyo Games. For each gender, there can be only two representatives per country. That means that only two US men will make it to the Olympics.

If the Championship Tour were to end today, Florence would qualify for the Olympics. Despite being out, Florence is currently ranked third in the overall standings. But the problem is that there is another US representative in front of him. He is currently behind Kolohe Andino. At this point, it seems like Andino will more than likely represent team USA in Tokyo.

That means that if one more US surfer surpasses him in the rankings, Florence will miss his Tokyo opportunity. Kelly Slater is the closest US surfer to overtake Florence. Slater is currently in eighth place in the Championship Tour.

Opportunities To Qualify

There are a couple of different ways that Florence can still qualify. The first is that he remains his position as the second-highest scoring American in the WSL tour. This is unlikely as there are five more surfing contests left in the WSL Championships.

OlympicBettingOdds.com knows another way for Florence to qualify is that either only Andino qualifies this round, or no Americans qualify. This will give Florence the opportunity to qualify via the 2020 ISA World Surfing Games.

Florence underwent reconstruction surgery for his torn ACL. He is currently undergoing rehab in hopes to make it to the 2020 Olympics. He wants to recover in time just in case he needs to go to the ISA World Surfing Games to qualify. Florence does not want to miss the opportunity to represent Team USA at the 2020 Olympics.

“It's the Olympics, the top of sporting, and being a part of it would be awesome. I think it would be so cool to have a Hawaiian on the team," said Florence. "Since it's the first year in the Olympics for surfing, I imagine there is going to be a lot of conversation... To be part of the first one and growing our sport in the Olympics would be cool,” said Florence.

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