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Clarisse Agbegnenou A Favorite, While Men’s Judo Odds Wide Open

Jimmy Reinman — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 21:24:29 +0000

Odds for the men’s 81kg Judo division at the Tokyo Olympics have Matthias Casse of Belgium as the favorite at +110 betting odds.
The Women’s 63kg Judo odds are also available, with Clarisse Agbegnenou of France as the heavy -200 favorite.

TOKYO - The Tokyo Olympics are now in full swing with two of the most anticipated finals are set to happen later this week in the men’s 81kg division and the women’s 63kg division.

Odds for both these events and more are available on the Olympic online sportsbooks throughout the Tokyo Games.

Judo 81kg Men Winner

Matthias Casse +110
Takanori Nagase +250
Tato Grigalashvili +250
Sagi Muki +800
Vedat Albayrak +1100
Frank De Wit +1500

Casse is the favorite to emerge victorious in the tournament and bring Belgium a Judo gold medal. Casse has been at the top of the Judo game since 2017 when he won’t the World U21 Championships in Zagreb.

Now, at the age of 24, Casse is ready to prove he is the best at the Olympic level and back up his 2021 World Championship.

Matthias @Casse_81 is the European Champion! 🥋🏆#EuropeanGames #EuropeanChampionships #Minsk2019 pic.twitter.com/sQQTfz0NEy

— Team Belgium (@teambelgium) June 23, 2019

His biggest competition is Takanori Nagase, but Casse is still a great value pick at +110 odds for those looking to bet on the Judo at the Olympics.

Odds are also available for the women’s 63kg competition, with France’s Clarisse Agbegnenou as the strong favorite.

Judo 63kg Women Winner

Clarisse Agbegnenou -200
Miku Tashiro +300
Tina Trstenjak +500
Cath Beauchemin Pinard +1100
Martyna Trajdos +1500

Agbegnenou won the 2016 silver medal in Rio and is now back to claim the sport’s top prize.

She won the gold medal at the 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, and 2014 World Championship for Judo and is a solid pick for anyone looking to make some cash on Olympic Judo.

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Fan Zhendong Heavy Favorite For Olympic Table Tennis Gold

Giovanni Shorter — Sun, 25 Jul 2021 06:52:32 +0000

Fan Zhendong of China has -125 favorite odds to beat the Men’s Individual table tennis event.
Zhendong has been ranked No. 1 in the world since 2018.
He is a 23-time singles winner.

TOKYO – Fan Zhendong’s strong showing in the last few years has him being the runaway favorite at online sportsbooks to win the gold medal for Men’s Table Tennis at the 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games.

Zhendong is currently ranked No. 1 in the world, a position he has held on to since 2018.

This will be the first time Zhendong competed in the Olympics.

Zhendong’s fellow Team China teammate Ma Long won the gold during the 2016 Rio Olympics. Long has the second shortest Olympic betting odds to win the gold at online sportsbooks.

Betting Fans Pick Fan Zhendong

Tokyo 2021 - Men's Individual

Fan Zhendong (CHN) -125
Ma Long (CHN) +138
Tomokazu Harimoto (JPN) +1000
Lin Yun-Ju (TPE) +2000
Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER) +3300
Mattias Falck (SWE) +3300
Timo Boll (GER) +3300
Hugo Calderano (BRA) +4000
Jang Woo-Jin (KOR) +5000

Zhendong being favored is no surprise. The 24-year-old table tennis champion just recently won the ITTF World Tour in Austria, China, and Germany. He also holds wins at the 2019 Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament and the able Tennis World Cup (Men's Singles).

He has been held on the number one World Ranking with his shake attack playing style and has defeated multiple World Champions along the way, including beating Olympic gold medalist Ma Long at the 2020 ITTF Men’s World Cup Dusseldorf.

Ma Long did get the better of Zhendong a few days later at with a 4-1 win at the 2020 ITTF Finals, but Fan remains the favorite to win the gold.

The Olympics will be a new experience for Zhendong but he is no stranger to high-level competition. China is poised to continue its long dominance of table tennis at the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games with Fan Zhendong leading the way.

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New Odds Appear For The Olympics To Move From Tokyo

Jimmy Reinman — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 16:16:13 +0000

Amid the controversy of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and the pandemic, new odds have appeared via online sportsbooks suggesting the possibility of the Games moving to a different location.
Odds for the Games to be moved to multiple different locations are available, including China (+1500), the USA (+2500), Spain (+7500), and Turkey (+7500).

TOKYO – The unrest in the 2021 Olympic host country of Japan counties to rise ahead of next month’s Games.

With the country still experiencing high COVID rates, odds have now appeared on multiple Olympic betting sites suggesting a possible move for the Olympic Games.

While the Games are still scheduled to begin in less than six weeks, that doesn’t stop the bookies from jumping on the opportunity to list odds for a possible change of scenery.

Will The Tokyo Olympics Be Moved To Another City?

No -100000
Yes, Moved To China +1500
Yes, Moved To USA +2500
Yes, Moved To Any Other Country +3300
Yes, Moved To Spain +7500
Yes, Moved To Turkey +7500

The listed odds have the Games staying in Tokyo as a massive favorite - and for good reason. The Olympics are a huge project that takes almost the entire four-year period in between Games to produce.

To simply pick up and move the Olympics to a brand new location less than two months from Opening Ceremonies would be one of the most ambitious and daunting tasks ever attempted.

That would mean that the brand new $1.4 billion National Stadium built in Tokyo would go to waste, in addition to the billions of dollars spent on Olympic infrastructure in the state.

The dissent of the Olympics all stems from the still remaining state of emergency in Tokyo due to the pandemic.

A recent poll found that over 80% of Tokyo residents are against the Games happening in their hometown. While COVID numbers have been down since the state of June in Japan, Tokyo is still experiencing around 500 new confirmed cases every day.

As of June 8, it is clear that the International Olympic Committee is going forward with the Games as planned regardless of public sentiment.

“Today we are only 45 days away from the opening ceremony, although the state of emergency is in effect and the situation remains severe nationwide,” said Seiko Hashimoto, the organizing committee president of the Tokyo Olympics. “The number of new COVID-19 cases in Tokyo has started to decrease little by little and we strongly hope the situation will be under control as soon as possible.”

Those looking to bet on the Olympics can find fun odds like these and more at any of the online Olympic sportsbooks.

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Basketball New Qualifying Dates For The 2021 Tokyo Olympics Given The Green Light By FIBA

Robert Jones — Fri, 15 May 2020 18:17:03 +0000

Japan, USA, Nigeria, Argentina, Australia, Spain, France, and Iran have already qualified for the rescheduled 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
The remaining Olympic qualifying tournaments dates will be from June 29-July 4, 2021.
Only four qualifying spots remain for the 2021 Olympics.

TOKYO - The world’s basketball authority FIBA, has approved new dates for qualifying tournaments for the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo.

The Olympic qualifying tournaments and Olympic Basketball Games were originally scheduled to take place this summer but were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

There are only four remaining qualifying spots left for the 2021 Olympic Games and those tournaments will be played on June 29-July 4, 2021 as announced by FIBA in a press release.

The four Olympic tournaments will still take place in their scheduled countries of Canada, Croatia, Lithuania, and Serbia.

There will be a total of 24 teams vying for the four qualifying spots to the Tokyo Olympic Games that will take place from July 23 to August 8, 2021.

Eight countries have already qualified for the Tokyo games and they are the United States, Nigeria, Spain, France, Iran, Australia, Japan, and Argentina have already claimed their spot in the quest for a gold medal.

With these dates now approved by FIBA, the only concern is that some NBA players might be in-season because of the postponement of the 2020 regular season which would potentially keep some of the best international players in the league from suiting up for their respective countries.

"Representing your country is one of the greatest honors in sport," said GlenGrunwald, the Canada Basketball President and CEO.

"I know our players will see the challenge ahead of them next summer as one small opportunity to recognize the daily sacrifices of all the front-line workers who are keeping our country safe and operating during this pandemic."

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