World Athletics Championships 2017 Odds – Athletics Betting

Farah and Bolt set to say goodbye in London World Championships

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Reigning long jump champion Greg Rutherford will miss the World Athletics Championships in London, which start next week, with an ankle injury.

The 30-year-old London 2012 Olympic winner has failed to recover from the problem he suffered competing in Italy last month so will therefore not be able to defend a title he won in Beijing two years ago. In his absence, South Africa’s Luvo Manyonga is now only a best 3/10 with Paddy Power to win the long jump.

Manyonga has had ankle problems himself this year and has only just returned to action but with Olympic champion Jeff Henderson also missing from the London competition, the Rio silver medallist looks the one to beat if he is anywhere near fully fit and any new customer of Paddy Power via online-betting.me.uk will automatically receive a free £30 bet.

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The 2017 World Championships will be the final appearances in major competition of two of athletics biggest stars. Mo Farah is concentrating on the marathon after London but only a best 1/3 to win the 10,000m and 1/2 to win the 5,000m on home soil – the long-distance double is therefore Evens, though you’ll be lucky to get those best odds with the same bookmaker (4/6 is the best special price for the double so far advertised).

Usain Bolt has been the fastest man on Earth for so long that he has most of the opposition beaten every time he sets foot on the track. But the great man is hanging up his spikes at the end of the year. The Jamaican is 1/2 to win the 100m in London with Boylesports with Yohan Blake (a best 7/1 with the same firm) possibly his biggest danger.