Hayes, Rebryk and Adams athletics outsiders to follow

There are couple of big-priced women worthy of speculative punts as the London 2012 Olympic Games athletics program continues in front of vociferous Olympic Stadium crowds.

World champion Brittany Reese is the deserved favourite for the London 2012 Olympic Games women`s long jump gold medal, attracting quotes of around the 6-5 mark. The American has registered the best two legal jumps of the year but, with no fewer than eight athletes having jumped more than seven metres this season, she has to be opposed at her odds.

The London 2012 Olympic Games women`s long jump contender with the greatest potential for growth is Chelsea Hayes, whose 7.10m effort in Eugene last month was only five centimetres shorter than Reece`s world-leading leap.

Whereas Reece and most of the other serious London 2012 Olympic Games women`s long jump gold medal chances are experienced campaigners with questionable room for improvement, Hayes is a novice on the way up.

A top-class sprinter - Hayes has run 100m in 11.15 seconds, which compares to Reece`s personal best of 11.66s - the 24-year-old American has improved her long jump PB from 6.50m last year to the aforementioned 7.10m this year.

Sixty centimetres is a huge progression in an event for which the world record is 7.52m and every Olympic Games throws up an athlete or two who defies the odds to win.

Hayes is overpriced at around 10-1, a double-figure price that could look absolutely enormous if she continues her rapid improvement in London on the biggest stage of all.

The women`s javelin throw is the other London 2012 Olympic Games athletics event in which it may pay dividends to side with a competitor whom bookmakers rate as an outsider.

The London 2012 Olympic Games women`s javelin throw odds point to Barbora Spotakova being the most likely winner, with the Czech chucker trading at around 2-1. But a few bookmakers have underestimated the chance of Vira Rebryk, the Ukrainian youngster who is the European champion.

Rebryk, who ranges from 12-1 to 25-1 in pre-qualifying London 2012 Olympic Games women`s javelin throw betting, showed that he can handle the big occasion with her late, late show in the European Championships and, despite not clashing with the discipline`s other big guns this season, she occupies fifth position in this year`s world rankings.

Neither Hayes nor Rebryk are London 2012 Olympic Games athletes on which to bet one`s house but they are being underrated by the bookmakers at 10-1 and 25-1 respectively in what are two of the most open events on the program.

Also, there is man in a London 2012 Olympic Games athletics field event who is worth a nibble at long odds. His name is Lyukman Adams and he is 16-1 for men`s triple jump glory despite being fourth in this year`s world rankings and unbeaten in his four outdoor competitions this season.

World champion Christian Taylor merits London 2012 Olympic Games men`s triple jump favouritism by virtue of his 17.62m and 17.63m efforts in Eugene two months ago but his chance is no better than his odds of 5-4 imply, whereas Adams should be at least half his gold medal odds of 16-1.

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