Irrelevant but some stuff about Christine Ohuruogu in today's
Bettingzone Market News:
1110: Christine Ohuruogu has won her appeal against a lifetime Olympic ban for missing three out-of-competition drugs tests - good news for the punters who backed her at 20/1 with
Hills to compete in the 2008 Games in Beijing.
The 23-year-old Londoner took her case to a Sports Dispute Resolutions Panel and successfully overturned a British Olympic Association by-law precluding athletes found guilty of drug-test offences from competing in future Games.
Ohuruogu, who in August sensationally won the 400 metres world title just three weeks after finishing a one-year suspension, is now clear to compete in Beijing next year.
In the aftermath of her world title win,
Hills reported that they had slashed the odds about Ohuruogo running in Beijing from 20/1 to 5/2 after a flood of bets.
Spokesman Graham Sharpe said at the time: "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!"