The competition heats up in the swimming pool with a men’s 800-meter freestyle relay final at 2:30 p.m. ET and women’s 100-meter backstroke final on Tuesday 2:56 p.m. ET at the 2024 Paris Olympics. There will also be an intriguing men’s 3×3 basketball matchup between the United States and back-to-back World Cup champion Serbia at 4:35 p.m. ET. In the women’s 100 backstroke, two of the world’s best square off in Regan Smith of the United States and Kaylee McKeown of Australia. Smith is the favorite at -155, followed by McKeown (+130). Other challengers include American Katharine Berkoff (+1400), Australian Iona Anderson (+5000) and Kylie Masse (+5000) of Canada.
As for the men’s 3×3 basketball matchup between the U.S. and Serbia, the odds have the Serbs as the slight -115 favorites, while the Americans are at -105. The USA and Serbia are the co-favorites at +170 to win the gold medal in men’s 3×3 basketball, with France (+600) and Latvia (+600) also expected to contender for a medal. Before locking in any 2024 Summer Olympics picks on those events or others, you need to see what SportsLine Olympic insider Mike Tierney has to say.
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