2021 Tokyo Olympics: Men's Modern Pentathlon Gold Medal Odds Favor Great Britain's Joe Choong on FanDuel Sportsbook

The final days of the Olympic Games in Tokyo features the most unique event of the competition, the modern pentathlon.

Britain’s Joe Choong owns the best odds to take home a gold medal in the men's modern petnathlon heading into the final days of competition. Choong won the 2019 World Championships and finished 10th in the event at the 2016 Rio Games. Choong can add to Great Britain's medal count with his country in fourth place overall.

Olympics Men's Modern Pentathlon

The modern pentathlon features five different events, including fencing, freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, and a final combined event of pistol shooting and cross country running.

Competitors score points in the first three events. Their starting position is then determined for the final laser run event, composed of the shooting and running disciplines. The competition on Aug. 6 includes freestyle swimming, fencing bonus round and horse riding/show jumping. The final is on Aug. 7.

The unusual event still generates great interest, and here are the odds of the remaining competitors.

Olympics Men's Modern Pentathlon Gold Medal Odds

1. Joe Choong (GBR): -140

2. Jun Woong-tae (KOR): +650

3. Justinas Kinderis (LTU): +1000

4. Jan Kuf (CZE): +1200

5. Alexander Lifanov (ROC): +1700

6. Ilya Palazkov (BLR): +1700

7. Jung Jin-hwa (KOR): +3300

8. Pavlo Tymoshchenko (UKR): +5000

9. Ahmed El-Gendy (EGY): +5000

10. Jamie Cooke (GBR): +5000

11. Valentin Prades (FRA): +6000

12. Adam Marosi (HUN):+ 9500

13. Edward Fernon (AUS): +10000

14. Luo Shuai (CHN): +10000

15. Valentin Belaud (FRA): +10000

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