WagerOnSports.com Release Odds on Olympic Doping

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua – (PRESS RELEASE) -- While the world's best athletes gather this week for the start of the 2004 Summer Olympics, the specter of doping looms large over Athens. With several athletes already banned from the games for doping violations, it's safe to say that participants in the XXVIII Olympiad will be under the microscope like never before. Knowing that the scrutiny of Olympians will be at an all-time high, WagerOnSports.com today announced odds on which country would have the first "dopey" athlete fail a drug test at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens.

The premiere sports betting destination online, WagerOnSports.com has created individual odds on several countries having one of their athletes be the first to test positive for a banned substance at this year's Summer Games. China has been tabbed the early favorite to have the first athlete fail a drug test in Athens at 5/1 odds followed closely by Russia at 8/1. Following on the heels of the BALCO scandal, which implicates several American athletes of doping, WagerOnSports.com has listed the United States at 15/1 odds to be the first country to produce a positive test in Athens. Australia, Germany and South Korea also come in at 15/1, while France, Italy, Cuba and Ukraine have been installed at 18/1 odds.

"It would not be a shock to see an athlete from China or Russia being the first to fail a drug test in Athens since both countries have had incidents of doping in past Olympic Games," said Michael Perry, odds maker at WagerOnSports.com. "In the past it would have surprised people to see the odds on an American athlete being the first caught doping at the Olympic Games being better than Eastern European countries like Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Belarus. But with a handful of athletes implicated in the BALCO scandal and under investigation by USADA, it wouldn't be an upset if a Team U.S.A. member took the 'gold' in this event."

In addition to this bet offer, WagerOnSports.com has a host of other Olympic betting options, including odds on how many medals Michael Phelps and Marion Jones will win; how the USA men's basketball team will fare; and who will win gold in the men's and women's 100 meters, among several others. For a complete list of odds, please visit http://www.wageronsports.com.