2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Men’s Curling Odds – Canada Favored

Last Updated on January 23, 2010 2:26 pm by drew

Men’s Curling Odds

Men’s Curling will be one of the featured events of the 2010 Winter Olympics and the odds have been released on which team is most likely to win the gold.

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Curling has been an Olympic sport since 1998. It is played by two teams of four players on ice. Teams take turns sliding granite stones toward a colored target called the house. As one player guides the stone toward the target, two sweepers follow the stone and attempt to alter the stone’s speed and direction based on their sweeping. The game has ten ends and each end features eight throws per team with each end being scored similar to horseshoes, where team with the rock closest to the target is awarded one point for each of its own rocks that is closer than the opponent’s closest rock. The total score following all 10 ends determines the winner.

The host country of

Canada
has been favored to win the gold in this event.

Canada
has been given odds of 4/5 to win the gold according to online sports book Sportsbook.com. Other short odds to win are
Britain (9/2),
Norway (5/1), and

Sweden
(7/1).


Canada
won the 2006 Olympic gold medal for curling and also took home silver in the 2002 and 1998 Olympic games. In the 2009 World Championships,
Canada finished second to surprise winner,

Scotland
.


Britain
has yet to medal in the Olympics in curling and they didn’t participate in the 2009 World Championships, making their short odds rather surprising.


Norway
won the gold in 2002 and took home bronze in 1998.

Norway
also finished third in the 2009 World Championships.


Sweden
hasn’t medaled in this event, but did finished fourth in the 2002 games.

The 2010 Winter Olympics take place from

Vancouver,
British Columbia,
Canada
beginning Friday, Feb. 12. and concluding Sunday, Feb. 28. For complete odds on who will win Men’s Curling, see below.

Odds to win Men’s Curling at 2010 Winter Olympics


Canada
4/5


Britain
9/2


Norway
5/1


Sweden
7/1


USA
14/1


Germany
16/1


Switzerland
16/1


China
25/1


Denmark
40/1


France
50/1

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Posted: 1/23/10 2:26PM ET