Tokyo Olympics Odds: Men's Discus Odds

Reigning world champion and favourite for gold in Tokyo, Swedish discus thrower, Daniel Stahl, is expected to dominate proceedings this summer.

Having failed to reach the final in his debut Olympics five years ago, Stahl has since established himself as the clear number one in this discipline. Having achieved silver at the 2017 World Championships in London, the 28-year-old threw a 67.59-metre effort two years later at the 2019 championships in Doha.With a personal best of 71.86 metres, Stahl will also have eyes on beating the Olympic Record, which currently stands at 69.89 metres heading into the games.

Few will be able to match the brute force of the world number one, who is priced at 4/6 to add to his tally of golds this year.

After continually impressing throughout his fledgling career, major things are expected of Slovenian athlete, Kristjan Čeh at his maiden Olympic Games.

Already with a European Championship gold medal to his name, albeit at U23 level, the 22-year-old is tipped to dominate discus throwing for the coming years. Throwing an impressive 63.82 metres at the 2019 U23 European Championships, Čeh has since obliterated his personal best on a number of occasions.

Achieving an astonishing 70.35 metres in June 2021, the Slovenian has a real chance of medalling at the 2021 games and is 3/1 to win gold.

Former world and European champion, Andrius Gudžius is on the lookout for his first Olympic medal at his second games.

Finishing a modest 12th at his first Olympics in 2016, Gudžius went on to win gold at the 2017 World Championships, replicating the feat a year later at the 2018 European Championships. The Lithuanian thrower overcame fellow Olympian, Stahl at the 2017 worlds, with Gudžius hoping history will repeat itself in Tokyo.

Gudžius is priced at 15/2 to complete the triple crown and win Olympic gold.

Ranked as the world number two heading into the Tokyo Olympics, Jamaican discus thrower, Fedrick Dacres is well placed to challenge the favourites this summer.

Runner-up at the 2019 World Championships, the 27-year-old does have a gold-medal-winning pedigree, after becoming the first Jamaican winner of the World Youth Championships in 2011. Add into the mix his first-place finish at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and the Kingston-born athlete looks a serious threat.

Dacres is priced 16/1 to become the first non-European discus thrower since 1976 to win Olympic gold this summer.

No Austrian has ever medalled in the discus at the Olympic Games, with Lukas Weisshaidinger representing the European nations’ best ever chance.

A bronze medallist at both the 2018 European and 2019 World Championships, Weisshaidinger definitely knows what it takes to get on the podium, yet has struggled to make it to the top step in major competitions.

Looking to improve on his sixth place finish at the 2016 Games, Weisshaidinger is a healthy 20/1 to taste gold in Tokyo this year.

By Amos Murphy