Betting tips / Michael Klim / 04 August 2012 / Leave a comment Bet Now

It's the final day of the swim competition at London 2012 and Michael Klim believes we are presented with the greatest certainty of the meet in Chinese swimmer Sun Yang in the 1500 metres freestyle.

Yang is clearly the best 1500m swimmer in the world and he could be on track to break his own world record of 14:34:14 after clocking 14:43:25 in an effortless heat swim.

The Chinese swimmers dominance is such that his closest rival, defending Olympic champion Oussuma Mellouli, has virtually conceded defeat to Yang already.

Certainly (1.07) on Betfair is a very short price, but you should be prepared to take Black Caviar odds in a race that looks as good as over before the swimmers have even headed to the blocks.

Mellouli was six-seconds slower than Yang in the heats and I think he can finish second to Yang, so the (2.55) in Betfair's 'winner without Yang' market might be the way to play.

Australia's traditional dominance of this event has well and truly ended with 17-year-old Jarred Poort our only competitor in the 1500m.

Poort swam a 15:20:82 in the heats to miss the final some distance, but distance swimmers typically mature much later than their shorted distance counterparts and Poort will be targeting the 2016 Games in Rio to make an impact.

Australia's last genuine chance at gold lies in the women's 100m medley relay, for which we've qualified fastest by a margin of more than two-seconds.

However, don't be fooled by that time.

The USA will have a completely new team for the final with Olympic gold medalists to swim each of the respective disciplines.

With a team featuring Dana Vollmer, Rebecca Soni and Missy Franklin, it is little wonder the American's are trading at (1.23) to win the gold medal.

Australia is understandably second-favorites'@ (5.60) , and they should win a medal (1.10) owing to the lack of depth in this race.

China is the obvious danger to the Aussies for silver at $12.50 to win and $1.60 to place.