Patriotic support behind Proud and Murdoch

Plymouth swimmer Ben Proud is 4-1 with Coral to pick up further gold at this year’s Commonwealth Games in the men’s 50m freestyle event tomorrow. The Englishman is third best in the betting behind 9-4 favourite James Magnussen and 5-2 shot Goerge Bovell.

In the men’s 50m breastroke, South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh is odds-on at 5-6 to win the gold medal, while Ross Murdoch is 6-1 to pull off another upset in the Glasgow.

“The swimming is almost coming to an end at this year’s Games but it has been such a popular betting event over the last few days. There has been patriotic support behind Ben Proud and Ross Murdoch in their respective events but the odds suggest they would have to get past some worth favourites if they were in win gold again,” said Coral’s John Hill

**Men’s 50m freestyle

9-4 James Magnussen, 5-2 George Bovell, 4 Ben Proud, 9-2 Cameron McEvoy, 11-2 Roland Schoeman, 14 Matthew Abood, 28 Brad Tandy, 33 Adam Brown, 50 Jason Dunford, 80 Roy Burch, 100 Richard Schafers

**Men’s 1500m freestyle

1-14 Ryan Cochrane, 13-2 Mark Horton, 14 Jordan Harrison, 25 Daniel Fogg, Dnaiel Jarvis, 50 Nicholas Grainger, Stephen Milne, 66 Matthew Levings, Myles Brown, 100 Jay Lelliott, 200 Nathan Capp.

**Men’s 200m backstroke

8-11 Mitchell Larkin, Evs Craig McNally, 8 Matson Lawson, 16 Josh Beaver, 100 Russell Wood

**Men’s 50m breaststroke

5-6 Cameron van der Burgh, 6-5 Adam Peaty, 6 Ross Murdoch, 10 Christian Sprenger, 40 Glen Synders, 100 Richard Funk, Mark Tully, Joe Welstead, Robert Holderness

**Men’s 200m individual medley

6-5 Chad Le Clos, 7-4 Daniel Tranter, 12-5 Thomas Fraser Holmes, 9 Daniel Wallace, 33 Joseph Schooling, 66 Mitchell Larkin, Evan White, Roberto Pavoni, Leuan Lloyd, Dylan Bosch, 100 Mitchell Donaldson, Joseph Roebuck, Lewis Coleman