2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Women’s Snowboarding Halfpipe Odds

Women's Halfpipe Odds

The Women’s Snowboarding Halfpipe has a lot of American talent and there is a possibility of a U.S. sweep at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

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According to vancouver2010.com, in the halfpipe, one snowboarder at a time performs a routine of acrobatic jumps, twists and tricks on the inside of a half-cylinder-shaped snow tube or ramp while moving from one side of the halfpipe to the other. The riders are judged on the height and style of their tricks.

The 2002 Olympic champion, American Kelly Clark, is favored to take home the gold in this event.

Clark has odds of 6/5 to win the gold medal according to online sports book Brobury Sports. Other short odds to win are Gretchen Bleiler (2/1), Torah Bright (5/2), and Hannah Teter (10/1).

Clark won the 2002 Olympics while taking fourth in the 2006 Olympics. Clark is also a five-time X games medalist in her career.

Bleiler competes for the United States and she won the silver medal in the 2006 Olympics. Since that competition she has won two X Games gold medals in the superpipe.

Bright competes for Australia and she has won the 2007 and 2009 X Games gold for the superpipe while taking silver in 2006 and 2008. Bright finished fifth in the 2006 Olympics.

Teter competes for the U.S. and she won the gold in 2006. Since has won the bronze medal in the X Games superpipe over the last two years.

The 2010 Winter Olympics take place from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and began on Friday, Feb. 12. They will be concluding on Sunday, Feb. 28. For complete odds on which athlete will win the women’s snowboarding half pipe event, see below.

Odds to win the Women’s Snowboarding Half Pipe at 2010 Winter Olympics

Kelly Clark 6/5

Gretchen Bleiler 2/1

Torah Bright 5/2

Hannah Teter 10/1

Xuetong Cai 12/1

Zhifeng Sun 16/1

Jiayu Liu 16/1

Queralt Castellet 20/1

Chen Xu 30/1

Soko Yamaoka 40/1

Elena Hight 50/1