\u00a0Lindsey Vonn is a heavy favorite to win her second Olympic gold in the downhill at -125. The line means sportsbooks believe there’s about a 56 percent chance of the American taking the top podium.<\/strong><\/p>\nAs for hockey, the NHL isn’t participating, meaning the best US players aren’t in South Korea.<\/p>\n
Regardless, a decent amount of money has been placed on the Americans, shortening them to 12\/1 at William Hill. Only the “Olympic athletes from Russia” (-115), Canada (+225), Sweden (+400), and Finland and Czech Republic (10\/1) are shorter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chloe Kim emerged on Tuesday as the next Shaun White of US snowboarding. The 17-year-old phenom, entering her first Olympics after she was too young to compete four years ago, took to the halfpipe in PyeongChang under an exorbitant amount of expectation. She did not disappoint. Despite it being her first Olympics, and the average […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":69881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Chloe Kim Lives Up to the Hype, Wins Snowboarding Halfpipe Gold<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n