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Men’s Triple Jump Final
Olympic Athletics
K.O 19.20, BBC 1
QUALIFYING DISTANCES (PERSONAL BESTS)
World Record 18.29 Olympic Record 18.09
Christian Taylor (USA) 17.21 (17.71)
Leevan Sands (Bahamas) 17.17 (17.59)
Benjamin Compaore (France) 17.06 (17.31)
Daniele Greco (Italy) 17.00 (17.47)
Bin Dong (China) 16.94 (17.38)
Lyukman Adams (Russia) 16.88 (17.53)
Will Claye (USA) 16.87 (17.70)
Fabrizio Donato (Italy) 16.86 (17.73)
Tosin Oke (Nigeria) 16.83 (17.23)
Alexis Copello (Cuba) 16.79 (17.68)
Samyr Laine (Haiti) 16.81 (17.39)
Dzmitry Platnitski (Belarus) 16.62 (16.91)
PREVIEW
This is a weak final by any standards, which makes it even more disappointing that Great Britain’s Philips Idowu failed to qualify. You would have to go way back to Poland’s Jόzef Schmidt in 1964 to find a distance posted in this year’s qualifying that would have been good enough to win gold in the triple jump final.
Only three finalists went over 17 metres in Tuesday’s heat so it’s pretty easy to disregard most of those at the bottom of the list. 2011 World Champion Christian Taylor heads the market but it’s difficult to understand why he warrants such a low price, currently around 1.5 on BETDAQ. The 22 year-old does boast the season’s best jump in the field, but he is not as superior as his price would imply. With the American taking so much out of the market there is surely value to be found by taking him on.
His compatriot, Will Claye, has already got a bronze medal from the long jump and is a talented athlete having beaten his former college team-mate Taylor to take World Indoor gold this year. He was a bit below-par in qualifying and does need to step up a gear if he is to realise his gold medal aspirations. But he was bound to be tired after competing in the long jump and, after a few days rest, is over-priced on BETDAQ.
Daniele Greco posted a fair jump in qualifying – his best for some time – and a repeat of his personal best would put him in the medal mix. His Italian counterpart, Fabrizio Donato, may well be in the veteran stage of his career at 36 years-old, and his form over the last few years has been mixed, but he does have the biggest personal best of the finalists and won gold at this year’s European Championships.
Overall however, this looks like a match between the American pair and at around 6 on BETDAQ, Claye gets the call.
RECOMMENDATION: (1-10 points)
Back Claye at around 6 on BETDAQ: 3 points
Wednesday: +3.30
AUGUST RETURN TO DATE: +8.64 points
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