2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Women’s 500 Meter Speed Skating Odds

Women's 500M Odds

The fastest woman on skates will be determined at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the 500 Meter Short Track Speed Skating Competition.

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In the Olympics, short track speed skating takes place on a 111.12-meter oval track within a hockey rink, which features tight corners that make it harder to get around corners. Short track speed skaters compete against each other as opposed to looking for the fastest time of the entire field. The competition consists of a series of heats with four or six athletes. The first two athletes in each heat advance to the next round until only four skaters remain for the final.

In this event, defending gold medal winner and defending world champion, Meng Wang, is favored to win.

Wang has odds of 1/4 to win the gold medal according to online sports book Brobury Sports. Other short odds to win are Kalyna Roberge (5/1), Nannan Zhao (8/1), and Jessica Gregg (18/1).

Wang, who represents China, won the 2006 Olympic gold in this event and has since won the 2006, 2008, and 2009 world championship. She also was the silver medal winner in this event in the 2005 world championships. For her career, she owns 14 world championships.

Roberge, who represents Canada, is the 2007 world champion for this event, and she also won the silver medal in the 2006 Olympics for the 3000 meter relay. She has won two bronze medals in the world championships and also holds two world championship titles.

Zhao competes for China and took third in the overall world cup for 2009-10 for this event due to her consistent performances.

Gregg is a Canadian speed skater and she was the bronze winner for the 2009 world championships. She finished with two bronzes in this world championships.

The 2010 Winter Olympics take place from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada beginning Friday, Feb. 12. and concluding Sunday, Feb. 28. For complete odds on which skater will win the Women’s 500 Meter Short Track Speed Skating event, see below.

Odds to win Women’s 500 Meter Short Track Speed Skating at 2010 Winter Olympics

Meng Wang (CHN) 1/4

Kalyna Roberge (CAN) 5/1

Nannan Zhao (CHN) 8/1

Jessica Gregg (CAN) 18/1

Qiuhong Liu (CHN) 20/1

Katherine Reutter ( USA) 22/1

Ha-Ri Cho (SKOR) 28/1

Seung-Hi Park (SKOR) 33/1

Marianne St-Gelais (CAN) 33/1

Eun Byul Lee (SKOR) 16/1

Alyson Dudek ( USA) 50/1