2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Men’s Slalom Alpine Skiing Odds

Last Updated on February 20, 2010 1:27 pm by drew

Men’s Slalom Odds

The final alpine skiing event of the 2010 Winter Olympics will be the Men’s Slalom, which takes place next Saturday.

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According to vancouver2010.com, slalom features the shortest course and the quickest turns. As in the giant slalom, each skier makes two runs down two different courses on the same slope. Both runs take place on the same day. The times are added together and the fastest total time determines the winner.

Austrian Reinfried Herbst is favored to win the gold in this event.

Herbst has odds of 13/5 to win the gold medal in this event according to online sports book Sportsbook.com. Other short odds to win are Julien Lizeroux (5/1), Ivica Kostelic (9/1), and Benjamin Raich (9/1).

Herbst won the silver medal in slalom at the 2006 Olympics and he is a nine-time World Cup event winner in slalom, which two wins coming in January of this year.

Lizeroux competes for

France and he was runner-up in slalom at the 2009 world championships. He also has won three World Cup events, with the most recent coming on January 10.

Kostelic competes for

Croatia and he is the 2003 world champion in slalom. He has won nine slalom World Cup events in his career, with the last win coming on January 17.

Raich competes for

Austria and he is the defending Olympic gold medalist in slalom. He also took bronze at the 2002 Olympics. He has won three slalom overall World Cup titles, the last of which came in 2007.

The 2010 Winter Olympics take place from

Vancouver,
British Columbia,
Canada and began on Friday, Feb. 12. and will be concluding Sunday, Feb. 28. For complete odds on which athlete will win the men’s slalom alpine skiing event, see below.

Odds to win Men’s Slalom Alpine Skiing at 2010 Winter Olympics

Reinfried Herbst 13/5 

Julien Lizeroux 5/1 

Ivica Kostelic 9/1 

Benjamin Raich 9/1 

Marcel Hirscher 11/1 

Manfred Pranger 13/1 

Silvan Zurbriggen 16/1 

Felix Neureuther 16/1 

Giuliano Razzoli 18/1 

Manfred Moelgg 18/1 

Michael Janyk 22/1 

Andre Myhrer 25/1 

Mattias Hargin 25/1 

Ted Ligety 33/1 

Steve Missilier 40/1 

Julien Cousineau 40/1 

Mitja Valencic 50/1 

Naoki Yuasa 80/1 

Lars Elton Myhre 80/1 

Akira Sasaki 80/1

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Posted: 2/20/10 1:27PM ET