World Athletics Championships Betting Day Three: Kristian's par won't be enough for Primoz's birdie

Athletics / Robin Adams / 17 August 2009 / Leave a Comment

"Krisztian Pars is another favourite worth opposing and I’m prepared to lay him at the price despite the fact that he has recorded eight of the 10 longest throws in the world this year. The likely winner for me is Olympic gold medallist Primoz Kosmus, who tends to save his best for the big occasion."

Bob Adams has suggested bets for the women's 100m and men's hammer throw finals.

After the excitement of Usain Bolt's scintillating world record victory in the men's 100m yesterday, can favourite Kerron Stewart match that performance this evening and make it a sprint double for Jamaica? Stewart cruised through Sunday's heat without breaking sweat and then produced a standout time in her quarter-final. Stewart is the natural choice to take the gold, however I don't believe it will be easy for her. At [1.62] on the winners market there she is no value and I'm going to oppose her with compatriot Veronica Campbell-Brown.

Campbell-Brown is the reigning world and Olympic champion and although held back by a toe injury for much of the year she has returned to fitness in time for these championships and the 27-year-old looked completely at ease in the quarters. At [13.0] on the win market she is way too long and those odds should simply be snapped up. I've also taken the [4.2] available on Campbell-Brown in the Winner W/O Stewart market as insurance.

The men's hammer-throw final kicks off proceedings this evening and punters make the Hungarian Krisztian Pars the 'jolly' at [1.82]. The one doubt I have about this giant is that he has never won a major world or Olympic title and only took the silver in Beijing courtesy of two athletes being disqualified for drug offences.

Pars is another favourite worth opposing and I'm prepared to lay him at the price despite the fact that he has recorded eight of the 10 longest throws in the world this year. The likely winner for me is Olympic gold medallist Primoz Kosmus, who tends to save his best for the big occasion. The Slovenian is too big at [3.05] in what looks a two-horse race and I'm also going also going to weigh in with him in the head-to-head with Pars, where Kosmus stands out at [2.04].