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The 2024 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, run through Aug. 11 in Paris, France. We’ll review the best bets for Wednesday. Let’s analyze FanDuel Sportsbook’s lines for the best bets and prop plays for Wednesday’s Olympic action, and make our expert Summer Olympic picks and predictions.
Each day we’ll check out the best bets, as well as the top prop plays when applicable.
For Wednesday, July 31, the schedule is chock full of Olympic action. The men’s and women’s triathlon takes place in the early-morning hours Wednesday, while we also have men’s and women’s beach volleyball, men’s handball, men’s and women’s shooting, men’s and women’s rowing, equestrian, men’s and women’s field hockey, men’s and women’s table tennis, men’s and women’s basketball, boxing, diving, men’s and women’s swimming, men’s and women’s archery, men’s, women’s and mixed tennis, men’s and women’s cycling, men’s and women’s fencing, men’s and women’s surfing, men’s and women’s soccer/football, as well as gymnastics, and much, much more.
Medals will be awarded in men’s and women’s triathlon, women’s synchronized 10m platform diving, men’s and women’s quad sculls finals in rowing, men’s and women’s park final BMX freestyle, judo, women’s shooting trap final, women’s canoe single slalom final, men’s all-around artistic gymnastics final, men’s sabre team finals fencing, as well as several men’s and women’s swimming finals.
Wednesday’s 2024 Olympics best bets
Odds provided by FanDuel Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Tuesday at 7:16 p.m. ET.
Men’s handball: EGYPT +3.5 (-120) vs. France
It’s a tall order for Egypt. Not only is it playing the host nation, Egypt is coming off a 30-27 loss to gold medal favorite Denmark.
The 3-goal loss could’ve been much worse. Denmark opened a 19-9 lead at halftime and led by double digits into the 2nd half before Egypt made a giant comeback.
In fact, Egypt shot 66% (27-of-41) to just 59% (30-of-51) for Denmark. The Egyptians were outstanding from 6 meters, too, hitting 68% (13-of-19). Egypt was able to cut the margin to just 2 goals at one point, but couldn’t get closer as it suffered its 1st loss.
The 3.5-goal line is a little bit high of a number considering the French just lost to Norway 27-22, and the never-say-die attitude of Egypt.
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Men’s team sabre — To win a medal: USA (-155)
The American men are not quite the favorites for the gold medal in the men’s team sabre in fencing, but they have the 3rd-shortest odds (+430) behind South Korea (+160) and Hungary (+380).
However, Team USA is among the favorites to make the podium, receiving either gold, silver or bronze at the Grand Palais strip. Boston native Eli Dershwitz is the reigning sabre world champion.
Team USA will face Iran in the quarterfinals, and if it were to advance, it would face the winner of Hungary and Italy.
Men’s individual all-around gymnastics — Gold medal winner: ZHANG BOHENG, China (-105)
China’s Zhang Boheng is the favorite in this event, and he was so very crisp in the team competition. While Japan edged China out for the gold medal, Zhang is fully expected to secure the gold in the individual.
It’s likely China and Japan will battle again for gold in this event. Japan’s Daiki Hashimoto (+135 to win gold) and Zhang have quite the rivalry. Zhang edged Hashimoto for the world title in 2021, but Hashimoto secured the gold in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, holding off China’s Ziao Ruoteng, another contender in 2024.
Zhang is trying to become the first men’s individual gold medalist from China since Yang Wei earned gold in Beijing in 2008.
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