Britain’s cycling poster girl Victoria Pendleton will be keen to grab her last ever chance of Olympic gold, as she races in the Sprint. This is Pendleton’s event, being a sprint expert. She claimed gold in the Keirin on Friday with spectacular rides and it was her immense finishing spring pace which was just the cherry on the cake of her tactics. This will be Pendleton’s last Olympic ride and one of the most recognisable and popular figures on Britain’s Olympic Team, Pendleton of course will be well supported in the sprint finals. Can she defend her Olympic sprint title before hanging up her Olympic boots? Well, on paper she should, and she should do it with ease. That is because Pendleton is on top of her game at the moment, on top of the world and the way she bounced back after the disappointing of being disqualified from the Team Sprint with her gold in the Keirin showed really grit and determination. She is a class act, hands down.
There probably won’t be a more popular gold at the London 2012 Olympics than Pendleton in the sprint and she is trading at Evens with online bookmaker Bet365 to do so. Pendleton’s nearest challenger is expected to be Anna Meares, Australia’s top rider. However, after Meares broke for the sprint in the final of the Keirin, Pendleton responded and crushed the field with Meares washed out. Pendleton had previously out-sprinted Meares in the heats to qualify for the final too. It was China’s Guo Shang who put in a surprise ride for silver behind Pendleton in the Keirin and she has been one of the quietly understated, but very good riders in the women’s event. But this should be all about Pendleton and her sprint power. She is the reigning Olympic Champion in the event and has all the class and clear confidence to take another gold.
Victoria Pendleton Olympic Sprint Cycling Betting at online bookmaker Bet365
Victoria Pendleton Evens, Anna Meares 2/1, Gui Shang 9/2, Simona Krupeckaite 14/1, Wai Sze Lee 20/1, Olga Panarina 25/1, Lyuboc Shulika 25/1
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