The field looks wide open for Britain’s Christine Ohuruogu, the defending Olympic Champion of the women’s 400m. The athlete came through her heat with comfortable ease to move through to the final. She looked to have ran a very intelligent race and was looked to have plenty in the tank behind held back, ready for an assault on a medal place. There is plenty of pace and power in her so it appearance. She could only manage to cross the line in second place behind American Sonya Richards-Ross who is the event favourite. They went together in the heat and the Britain was closing down the American with every step as they closed towards the finish. Of course it is often hard to take a full picture of things because the pace is never up to full speed in the heats and the athletes do ease off. The 2007 world champion has had a pretty strong season, taking a gold in the 4x400mn Istanbul at the World Indoors and a gold in the London leg of the Diamond League this year. So she is in with a good shoot at a medal. Ohuruogu set a season’s best in her qualifying heat and there was a conservative feel about her run. It looks a very competitive field for the final and it does look as if the American athlete is going to be the one to beat.
Women’s 400m Olympic betting at online bookmaker Bet365
Sonya Richards-Ross 8/13, Antonina Krivoshapka 10/3, Christine Ohuruogu 6/1, Amantle Montsho 9/1, Novelene Williams-Mills 25/1, Dee Dee Trotter 33/1
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