On a related note...
1615: William Hill have slashed the odds about
Christine Ohuruogu competing at the 2008 Beijing Olympics from 20/1 to 5/2 after a flood of bets for her to do so.
They now offer 2/7 that she will fail to take part in the Games.
Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe originally said: "We can't see any way Christine will be permitted to run in the Olympics after her ban for missing drug tests, so are prepared to offer 20/1 that the authorities will relent and allow her to take part."
But now his firm have dramatically backtracked, he's now saying: "It appears that the prevailing wisdom in the athletic world is that Christine may well be allowed to compete, on the basis that there is a precedent for athletes who have missed drugs tests being allowed to take part.
"We had punters breaking world records to
dash to our shops to bet on Christine competing at the Games. However, our bet is for her physically to take part in the Games, and bets will be lost if she is ruled out through for any reason - a ban, through injury or for forgetting to turn up!"
1610: Earlier we told you
Christine Ohuruogu was 20/1 with
William Hills just to compete at next year's Olympics, but that's now been backed down to 5/2.
Spokesman Graham Sharpe said earlier today:
It looks like they could have got this one badly wrong!