BBC Sports personality of the year early odds from William Hill
August 12, 2008 by Ben Filed under: Special Bets
DESPITE Team GB’s two Gold Medals at the Olympics so far, William Hill still expect F1 driver Lewis Hamilton to emerge as the winner of the BBC TV Sports Personality of the Year Award.
Hills make Lewis Hamilton, beaten favourite last year, 11/8 favourite in the betting to make amends by winning this time round and at the moment all other contenders are quoted at a minimum of 10/1 – the odds for Gold medal winning swimmer Rebecca Adlington and potential medal winning athletes, Philips Idowu and Kelly Sotherton.
Hills also offer 12/1 Mark Cavendish; Victoria Pendleton; Paula Radcliffe; 14/1 Andy Murray; 16/1 Bradley Wiggins; 20/1 Ben Ainslie; Chris Hoy; Rebecca Romero; 25/1 Nicola Cooke; Tom Daley.
Full list
Lewis Hamilton ( Motor Racing ) 2.37
Rebecca Adlington ( Swimming ) 11
Kelly Sotherton ( Athletics ) 11
Phillips Idowu ( Athletics ) 11
Victoria Pendleton ( Cycling ) 13
Paula Radcliffe ( Athletics ) 13
Mark Cavendish ( Cycling ) 13
Andy Murray ( Tennis ) 15
Bradley Wiggins ( Cycling ) 17
Rebecca Romero ( Cycling ) 21
Chris Hoy ( Cycling ) 21
Ben Ainslie ( Sailing ) 21
Tom Daley ( Diving ) 26
Nicole Cooke ( Cycling ) 26
Joe Calzaghe ( Boxing ) 26
Shanaze Read ( Cycling ) 34
Lee Westwood ( Golf ) 34
Kevin Pietersen ( Cricket ) 34
Christine Ohuroguo ( Athletics ) 34
Amir Khan ( Boxing ) 34
Laura Robson ( Tennis ) 34
Tim Don ( Triathlon ) 51
Sir Alex Ferguson ( Football ) 51
Ricky Hatton ( Boxing ) 51
Monty Panesar ( Cricket ) 51
Hollie Avill ( Triathlon ) 51
David Haye ( Boxing ) 51
Beth Tweddle ( Gymnastics ) 51
Andrew Flintoff ( Cricket ) 51
Ronnie O’ Sullivan ( Snooker ) 67
Ian Poulter ( Golf ) 67
Phil Taylor ( Darts ) 101
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Hills now offer 8/13 that an OIympic Medalist will win the Award and 6/5 that any other sports-person will do so. ‘It will be interesting to see whether Olympic Gold outranks the World Drivers’ Championship or,possibly a Tennis Grand Slam with the great British public’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
***OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALIST, David Florence, is 10/1 with Hills to go one better in the same discipline and win Gold at the London 2012 Olympics.
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