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Scotty James (AUS) is widely anticipated to win gold in the Snowboarding Men's Halfpipe event Friday where he is priced at -475.
He will be competing in his fifth Winter Olympics at the Milan Cortina 2026 Games, where he is considered the prime favorite to win the gold medal in the men's halfpipe.
Having won Olympic bronze (2018) and silver (2022), James is chasing the only major title missing from his resume.
“Winning an Olympics would be amazing. I don’t think I need it to validate who I am as a snowboarder,” James said. “I think I’m doing that just by the way I ride my board and how I interpret riding myself.”
James has amassed a record-tying eight X Games halfpipe titles, five wins at the prestigious Laax Open, four world championships, the bronze and silver from the Olympics and so much more. This might be his last, best chance to finally win Olympic gold.
“My plan this year, regardless of results, was to try and revolutionize halfpipe snowboarding in a way that I would interpret it,” James said. “Some of this is subjective but I wanted to push it in a direction that made me full, made me excited to go out and push it.”
Snowboarding Men's Halfpipe Odds - 2026 Winter Olympics
Winter Olympics betting can be found at BetPhoenix
Scotty James (AUS)
-475
Yuto Totsuka (JPN)
+800
Ryusei Yamada (JPN)
+1100
Ayumu Hirano (JPN)
+1800
Ruka Hirano (JPN)
+1800
Valentino Guseli (AUS)
+1900
Alessandro Barbieri (USA)
+2200
Campbell Melville Ives (NZL)
+3500
Chase Josey (USA)
+10000
Chaeun Lee (KOR)
+10000
Ziyang Wang (CHN)
+10000
Jake Pates (USA)
+10000
- Mary Montgomery, Gambling911.com
