World Athletics Championship Betting: Men's 400m & Pole Vault previews

The US look set to continue their 400m dominance with a 1-2-3 a distinct possibility but who will grab gold, LaShawn Merritt or Jeremy Warriner? Bob Adams has a view...

"Merritt won last year’s Olympic final by an unheard of margin of 1.1 secs from Warriner, with Neville literally diving over the line a split-second in arrears. I feel that the early-birds may have priced this up about right with Warriner a slightly generous 2.34 to obtain revenge over Merritt 1.56. I can’t really see beyond a Merritt victory and if Warriner does tighten up a tad he could be worth laying at around 2.0."

In last year's Beijing Olympics the American team achieved a clean sweep of the 400m medals with LaShawn Merritt, Jeremy Warriner and David Neville grabbing the medals. It could be a case of 'as you were' in the World Championships in Berlin with the trio set to dominate the podium once again. Merritt and Williams share seven of the eight fastest times in the world this year, whilst Neville is a dangerous opponent and generally reserves his best for the big occasion.

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