Olympics Build Up Preview and Medal Betting


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The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, and also known as Tokyo 2020, is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to be held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

With Covid-19 putting a hold on major sporting events in 2020, 2021 will be huge and with these games 5 years in the making could bring shocks and new talents, will USA dominate as they have in previous championships?

Medal Betting Table:

Our Pick:

It is hard to bet against USA but china could be a surprise package and worth a bet @6/1

Preview:

When the calendar flipped to 2021, there were already rumours within the host country that these Summer Games would be cancelled again, and reportedly 80% of Japanese don’t want them to be held this year. However, the International Olympic Committee denied such news, and the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee seems hell-bent on holding the games in 2021. The factor remains any surges in the coronavirus. Even though vaccines could be readily available to most of the world’s population by July, the new variants of the virus are a concern.

As Tokyo continues to fine-tune and prepare to hold the games in a safe and satisfying manner, the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee has a new boss. Former Olympian cyclist and speed-skater Seiko Hashimoto is the committee’s new president, replacing former Japanese prime minister Yoshiro Mori, who was forced to resign following some sexist comments he made. Will the promotion of the well-respected Hashimoto play a factor in getting the locals to better embrace the Games? We’ll see. But, the fact she’s holding this position is a major victory for gender equality within international athletics.

So lets see what happens but were confident we will see the games.
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