Men's Olympic 800m Final Odds: British hope Max Burgin 40/1 to win gold

Algeria's Djamel Sedjati is the favourite to win gold in the men's 800m final at the Olympics.

Men's 800m final odds

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Sedjati missed out on the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for coronavirus and the Algerian is desperate to make amends in Paris.

The 25-year-old became the third fastest athlete over 800m at the Herculis meeting in early July with a 1:41.46 and Sedjati has taken a steady approach in his qualification to the final, posting times in the 1m45s in both the heat and semi-finals.

Emmanuel Wanyonyi is next in the betting after setting the fastest 800m time at the Olympics so far in the semi-finals and the Kenyan runner aided Team GB's Max Burgin in achieving a personal best time of 1:43:50.

The Halifax-born runner was astounded that he'd progressed to the final and Burgin, who is priced at 40/1 to win gold, may thrive as the underdog when the gun sounds on Saturday.

After the race, Burgin told the BBC: “I couldn't be happier, I really don't know what to say. To get through here in a PB, and I felt quite good doing it as well."

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