Winter Olympics Betting: Brit Watch Day 9

Britwatch / Dan Fitch / 21 February 2010 / Leave a comment

A perfectly natural pose for a brother and sister to adopt.

Following the excitement of Amy Williams' triumph, Dan 'The Betting Man' Fitch comes crashing back down to earth like a British ski jumper.

That bickering brother and sister pair John and Sinead Kerr perform their original dance, in the second of their three Ice Dance sections. In the last round they dressed up as a cowboy and cowgirl. Presumably they were recreating Seven Inbred Brides For Seven Brothers.

After the celebrations on Friday when Amy Williams took gold for Great Britain, it was back to normality on Saturday, as our Winter Olympians settled back into their normal routine of abject failure.

Chemmy Alcott finished 20th, to prove that she's at best mediocre in the Super-G, while Elise Christie failed to be speedy enough in the 1500m speed skating.

Then our bobsleigh pair of John Jackson and Dan Money managed to crash their vessel during the opening heat, with Jackson proving to be lucky to not pick up a serious injury. Isn't there a 30 mph lane that we could trundle down instead?

We actually expect something from our curlers, but Steve Cram was sounding mournful yesterday as the men lost to Canada and the women were defeated by the USA.

These defeats essentially mean that both our teams need to win all three of their remaining games if they are to progress to the semi-finals. What could possibly go wrong?

It is the men's turn to attempt to spank the Yanks today, with the Brits available at [1.43] and the USA at [3.1]. The reigning world champions are still the second favourites to win gold at [4.8].

The women will be trying to avoid sending Crammy cuckoo, when they face Switzerland. Team GB are the [2.38] outsiders, with the Swiss at [1.62]. They can be backed at [6.2] to win gold.

That bickering brother and sister pair John and Sinead Kerr perform their original dance, in the second of their three Ice Dance sections.

In the last round they dressed up as a cowboy and cowgirl. Presumably they were recreating Seven Inbred Brides For Seven Brothers.

The siblings are currently in eighth position after scoring 37.02. When there's more liquidity in the market, expect the Kerrs to be priced at around [100.0] to win gold.

That's about it for a quiet day of Brit Watching, but if you're looking for an interesting event to watch that doesn't involve British disappointment, then look no further than the Men's Ski Cross.

This is the first time that the event has taken place in the Olympics and for the uninitiated it involves skiers racing four at a time over a course jammed packed with jumps and banked turns. In short, it promises to be a great laugh, with crashes and skiers bashing into each other aplenty.

It sounds like a cross between the playground game British Bulldog and Junior Kickstart, which would be right up our street if we only had any competitors in it.

More Brit Watching back here tomorrow.

Tags: british men's curling team, british women's curling team, john kerr, sinead kerr, Vancouver 2010 betting, winter olympics betting