2008 Beijing Olympics

Betting on the Olympics will start between the 8th and 24th August, 2008 there will be 28 major and 302 minor competitive events in which athletes from all over the world in 37 venues will participate. Among all the venues, 31 are in Beijing and six in Hong Kong, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shenyang and Tianjin.

The fast-approaching Beijing Olympics are going to provide some strong betting opportunities.

Serious Sports bettors would do well to do their own research and focus on two-way bets, the most obvious prior to the Olympics centring on the Medals Table betting, You can bet now at Gamblers Palace Sportsbook on the total Olympics medals won for eight top countries - USA, China, Russia, Germany, Australia, Great Britain, Italy and France.

The important point for sports bettors to understand about the medals table is that rankings are sorted by number of Gold, and only when tied, do silver medals (or if necessary bronze) come into consideration.

The message is clear "it is all about the Gold". The Chinese know the world is watching and they will want the view to be memorable. The expectation of flawless organisation, must be matched by success in competition. China has tried to shake off an inferiority complex for decades, so triumph as hosts is imperative.

As it currently stands, oddsmakers favor China (4/5) and the United States (11/10) to win the most overall medals at the Summer Olympics. Russia was given 14/1 odds, while every other country is listed at 50/1.Oddsmakers also like China (2/5) and the United States (13/8) to win the most gold medals, with Russia the next favorite at 25/1.

The over/under on total medals for the United States has been established at 92.5 (-120), while the over/under for total medals for China has been set at 94.5 (-120).

2008 Olympic Basketball betting

Basketball Senior National Men’s basketball team will have the highest scoring average in the Beijing Olympics.

Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers at 2-1 odds as the most likely player to score the highest average during the games, however; oddsmakers expect Cleveland Cavaliers’ forward Lebron James and Denver Nuggets guard Carmelo Anthony to challenge for the scoring crown each installed at 5-2 odds.

Some pundits are guessing the starting five will consist of Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Jason Kidd and Dwight Howard.

The USA Basketball Senior National Men’s basketball team will play its first warm-up game with the Canadian National team on Friday (July 25) at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. The team will then travel to China for its next preliminary games in the USA Basketball International Challenger in Macao. The team will play the Turkish Nationals July 31, Lithuania Aug 1 then on to Shanghai for games with Russia on Aug 3 and Australian Nationals Aug 5.

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2008 Beijing Olympics Overview

While the names of Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt stand out when we look at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, there were other aspects of the fortnight that deserve a closer look. Notably, we are talking about the overall organisation of the Games and also the efficient manner in which China conducted the event the logistics of which are simply mind boggling.

True, there might have been a few glitches, but that is to be expected when we consider the sheer size of the Olympics with over a million visitors, incuding the sportspersons, the Media and the officials who poured into Beijing.

According to the International Olympic Committee, these Games have reached a staggering 4.5 billion people.

In the US last weekend, NBC registered its largest Saturday night audience for 18 years as more than 40 million viewers tuned in to watch Phelps win his eighth gold medal.

But the total reach of the 2008 Games has been boosted significantly by live internet coverage.

"Beijing 2008 marks the first time that digital media coverage -- live broadband coverage including online high definition for the first time and mobile phone clips -- have been freely available across the world," Lumme said.

"Online interest is also reflecting record website traffic on both the IOC and BOCOG (Beijing Olympic organisers') websites," Lumme said.

The Beijing Olympic Games have set a new standard for athletics as more than 35 world records have been shattered so far. However, athletes say they can't take all the credit as sportswear technology has made them faster, lighter and as some critics suggest luckier.

There's been much debate over the new Speedo Fastskin LZR Racer swimsuit.

NASA scientists helped design the material. The suit's manufacturer studied how fish move under water and observed more than 400 of the world's top swimmers.

ANSYS Inc. an American company that works out of Waterloo, Ont. engineered software that mimics the way water flows over a swimsuit and a swimmer's body.

Speedo says the suit helps improve oxygen intake and helps streamline the swimmer's body.

The debate on sportswear technology was fuelled by the remarkable performance of swimmers at this year's Games. Michael Phelps, the American swimmer who not only broke world records but won eight gold medals in Bejing, was wearing the celebrated Speedo throughout the competition.

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