Two time World 10km Open Water champion Keri-Anne Payne will look to add to Great Britain’s gold medal haul as she takes on the marathon on Thursday. Payne, the poster girl of British swimming took the silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Games in the sport, but after capturing the 2011 World Championship title, the 24 year old looks in great shape to bring home a gold. She is the favourite in the Olympic 10km Marathon event and as long as she gets things right on the day and avoids all the crowds scrambling for position, she should be in the top two at the end of the race. She is the one to catch, but she will come under pressure from Martina Grimaldi. The Italian took the silver behind Payne at the World Championships in 2011, and that was just by a gap of fractions of a second.
So that kind of challenge is going to be as close this time around between Payne and Grimaldi, but they are the stand out talents in the big pack of swimmers. In Olympic Swimming – Women’s 10km Marathon Winner Betting Odds, Keri-Anne Payne is trading at a price of 6/4 with online bookmaker Bet365, with Grimaldi not far back at 7/2. Greece’s Marianna Lymperta, who finished third at the World Championships is right back out at 8/1, with other competitors Melissa Gorman and Cecilia Bigaioli out further at 10/1. But all eyes at Hyde Park will be on Keri-Anne Payne, who has been training on the course and she will have massive support.
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