Great Britain Double Sculls pairing of Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins are primed to collect a gold for Britain in the waters of Eton Dorney. The rowers are pretty much untouchable and since they got together back in 2010, they have never been beaten. That was a run of 22 races prior to the Olympics and in the heats they laid down a strong marker by smashing the Olympic record by a whopping five seconds. That was an immense performance and if they can hold their nerve and their cool, collected ways on Friday, then they should live up to their billing of favourites. Grainger is a three time Olympic silver medallist, but since she has paired up with Anna Watkins, she has rapidly been building towards fulfilling her potential of becoming a gold medallist. Their hard work over the past two years really deserves the ultimate reward.
Because of their record breaking effort in the heats, Great Britain Double Sculls betting has the home crews of Grainger and Watkins as overwhelming favourite. They are trading at a price of 1/10 at online bookmaker Bet365, which offers a great deal of value. Behind them, Australia are trading at 11/2, with Poland back at 16/1 and the medal places really should come down to those three. So can Britain follow up the success of Glover and Stanning who took gold in the women’s pairs? Big chance for Britain to double up on that on Friday as all eyes turn to the Double Sculls. In the heats, Great Britain finished four seconds ahead of main challengers Australia and five seconds ahead of the New Zealand pair. With leading Australian Rower Kim Crow taking on extra exertions in the singles, then it should just help Britain their big value gold.
Grainger/Watkins Women’s Double Sculls Rowing Odds at online bookmaker Bet365
Team GB 7/4, Australia 11/2, Poland 16/1, New Zealand 33/1
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