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Biggest medal favorites in Rio

 
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Australia Men's Field hockey

Australia Men's Field hockey
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Bovada sets the odds of the Australian men's field hockey team winning gold at -125. Great Britain is second at +235.

 
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Paddy Barnes - Men's Light Flyweight Boxing

Paddy Barnes - Men's Light Flyweight Boxing
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Barnes is 5/4 to win the gold medal. He won the bronze in Beijing and Rio, according to Skybet.

 
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Simone Biles - Women's Gymnastics All-Around

Simone Biles - Women's Gymnastics All-Around
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Biles has won four gold medals in consecutive years at the World Championships, including the all-around. It would be a major upset if she didn't win in Rio.

 
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Usain Bolt - Men's 100m and 200m

Usain Bolt - Men's 100m and 200m
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Bolt is the favorite to win both the 100m and 200m again, according to Bovada. He's at -225 in the 100m and -500 in the 200m, followed by USA sprinter Justin Gatlin in both events.

 
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Brazil Men's Soccer

Brazil Men's Soccer
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The Brazilian soccer team is +110 to win the gold in Rio, according to Bovada. Argentina is second at +450, according to Skybet.

 
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Brazil Men's Volleyball

Brazil Men's Volleyball
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The hosts are the frontrunners to win men's volleyball at 2/1. Team USA isn't far behind at 7/2, according to Skybet.

 
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Brazil Women's Volleyball

Brazil Women's Volleyball
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The Brazilian women's volleyball team are overwhelming favorites to win the gold at 11/10 odds. USA is second at 3/1, according to Skybet.

 
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Cate Campbell - Women's 100m Freestyle

Cate Campbell - Women's 100m Freestyle
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Campbell won gold in the 4x100m freestyle in London, and also won two bronze medals in Beijing and won gold in the 2014 Pan Pacific Championships and 2014 Commonwealth Games.

 
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Vivian Cheruiyot - Women's 10000m Track and Field

Vivian Cheruiyot - Women's 10000m Track and Field
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Cheruiyot won the bronze medal in the 10000m and silver in the 5000m in London. She claimed gold in the 10000m at the 2015 World Championships.

 
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Michael Conlan - Men's Flyweight Boxing

Michael Conlan - Men's Flyweight Boxing
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Conlan won bronze in the flyweight class in London, and he's 6/4 to bring home the gold for Ireland in Rio, according to Skybet.

 
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Novak Djokovic - Men's Singles Tennis

Novak Djokovic - Men's Singles Tennis
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The top men's tennis player in the world, Djokovic is favored to win men's singles tennis for Serbia.

 
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Ashton Eaton - Men's Decathlon

Ashton Eaton - Men's Decathlon
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Eaton is the defending gold medalist in the decathlon, and he also claimed gold in the 2015 World Championships for Team USA.

 
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Mo Farah - Men's 1000m and 5000m Track and Field

Mo Farah - Men's 1000m and 5000m Track and Field
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Farah won both the 1000 meter and 5000 meter in London. He also won both events in the 2015 World Championships and 2013 World Championships.

 
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Allyson Felix - Women's 200m Track and Field

Allyson Felix - Women's 200m Track and Field
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Felix took home the gold in the 200m in London, while finishing second in Beijing and Athens. She's among the frontrunners going into Rio.

 
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Gwen Jorgensen - Women's Triathlon

Gwen Jorgensen - Women's Triathlon
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Jorgensen is the overwhelming favorite to bring home the gold for Team USA in the triathlon at -200, according to Bovada.

 
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Marco Koch - Men's 200m Breaststroke

Marco Koch - Men's 200m Breaststroke
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Koch won gold in the 200m breaststroke at the 2015 World Championships and the 2014 European Championships. He's favored to win in Rio for Germany.

 
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Katie Ledecky - Women's 400m and 800m Freestyle

Katie Ledecky - Women's 400m and 800m Freestyle
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After winning both events in the 2015 World Championships, Ledecky is expected to win easily in Rio.

 
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Michael Phelps - Men's Swimming 100m Butterfly and 200m IM

Michael Phelps - Men's Swimming 100m Butterfly and 200m IM
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Phelps is looking to add onto his 18 gold medals, and he remains the clear leader for the 100m butterfly and 200m individual medley.

 
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Christina Schwanitz - Women's Shot Put

Christina Schwanitz - Women's Shot Put
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Schwanitz finished 10th in shot put at the London Games, but she's become an elite shot putter since then. The German won gold at the 2016 European Championships and the 2015 World Championships.

 
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Kohei Uchimura - Men's Gymnastics All-Around

Kohei Uchimura - Men's Gymnastics All-Around
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Uchimura won the all-around for Japan in London, and has also won the all-around six times at the World Championships.

 
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USA Men's Basketball

USA Men's Basketball
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Team USA is nearly insurmountable 1/14 to win gold in Rio. Spain is second at 10/1, according to Skybet.

 
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USA Women's Basketball

USA Women's Basketball
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Team USA is 1/12 to win the gold. Australia is second at 13/2, according to Skybet.

 
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USA Women's Gymnastics

USA Women's Gymnastics
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This year's USA women's squad is arguably the best in history. They go into Rio with most prognosticators expecting an easy gold medal win.

 
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USA Women's Soccer

USA Women's Soccer
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Team USA is favored to win their third consecutive gold medal at +185. Germany comes in second at +295, according to Bovada.

 
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Serena Williams - Women's Singles Tennis

Serena Williams - Women's Singles Tennis
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Williams is the defending gold medalist in women's singles, and is coming off of a Wimbledon win. She enters Rio as the clear favorite.

Seth Trachtman

Seth Trachtman is a sportswriter, digital marketer, and fantasy sports expert based in St. Louis, Missouri. He’s a two-time winner of the Tout Wars Fantasy Baseball Expert’s League, and his work has appeared in hundreds of fantasy baseball and fantasy football newsstand and online publications

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