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Nils Van Der Poel is the big favorite to win the Men's Speed Skating 1000m gold at -750, one of the highest prices we've seen at this Winter Olympics thus far.
The Swedish speedskater broke his own world record and captured his second gold medal of the Beijing Olympics with a dominant victory in the men’s 10,000-meter Friday.
The longest race on the Olympic program was a blowout.
“We wanted to have a good set-up to break the world record, but we didn’t want to Hail Mary it too much,” said van der Poel, who had 12:35 as his goal. “I felt like that was reaching for the full capacity but not stretching it too much.”
He underestimated what he had in those powerful legs.
“With eight laps to go I felt like, ’OK, I’ve got the gold within control,” van der Poel said. “Now I just need to not (mess) it up.”
Men's Speed Skating 1000m Gold Medal Winner Odds
1. Nils Van Der Poel (SWE): -750
2. Patrick Roest (NED): -110
3. Jorrit Bergsma (NED): +800
4. Ted-Jan Bloemen (CAN): +1100
5. Aleksandr Rumyantsev (ROC): +1600
6. Graeme Fish (CAN): +1900
7. Davide Ghiotto (ITA): +4100
8. Ryosuke Tsuchiya (JPN): +10000
9. Ruslan Zakharov (ROC): +10000
10. Michele Malfatti (ITA): +10000
11. Bart Swings (BEL): +10000
12. Patrick Beckert (GER): +10000
- Ean Lamb, Gambling911.com
