Hmmm. Today's
Bettingzone Market Moves:
1440: Athlete Christine Ohuruogu is 25/1 with
Coral to be crowned the
BBC Sports Personality of the Year, following her sensational 400m World Championship victory in Osaka today.
Her fellow Brit Nicola Sanders took the silver medal in Japan, and
Coral offer 16/1 that British athletes complete a 1-2 in next year's Olympic 400m final.
"To win gold just three weeks after a 12-month ban has ended is an amazing achievement, and will surely mean that Christine Ohuruogu wins her fight to represent Britain in Beijing next year," said
Coral's David Stevens.
That last point will be picked up by anyone who received a press release from
William Hills shortly after Ohuruogu's triumph, offering 20/1 that she's even allowed to run in the the 2008 Olympics.
However as far as we can tell that market isn't yet appearing on the
Hills website...
Ohuruogu was a 50/1 no-hoper for the event with the firm at the start and a 14/1 chance when she lined up for the start of the final - with Sanders a better fancied 4/1 shot.
Hills had quoted 25/1 that the pair would finish first and second.
"Patriotic punters are celebrating, but they would have been much better off had Nicola won with Christine second," said Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe.
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Christine Ohuruogu will almost definitely be amongst the ten shortlisted but I'd be surprised if she garnered any votes. Nicola Sanders would have been more popular if she'd won the gold medal.