The 2024 Summer Olympics are on fully in motion now over in Paris, France. There are a multitude of exciting competitions that are underway. The men's 400m individual medley is on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET, followed by the women's 100m butterfly at 2:45 p.m. and the men's 100m breaststroke at 3:54 p.m. ET. All of those are medal events at the 2024 Olympics. Additionally, the United States men's basketball team opens up the tournament against Serbia at 11:15 a.m. ET.
For the men's 100m breaststroke on Sunday, Great Britain's Adam Peaty is the -170 favorite (risk $170 to win $100) in the latest 2024 Olympics swimming odds. China's Haiyang Qin is at +175, while American Nic Fink is a +1400 underdog. 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.
A national sportswriter whose work appears in The New York Times and Los Angeles Times, Tierney has covered nine Olympic Games in person. At Rio in 2016, Tierney profited big-time. He told readers to bet over on Team USA's gold medal count (41.5) and over on Team USA's overall medal count (102.5). The result? 46 golds, 121 medals and two easy cashes. Then, at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Tierney hit two of his three predictions: Germany (+200) to win the most gold medals and the United States winning under 10.5 gold medals (+110). Anybody following has seen some big returns.
Now, Tierney has broken down the 2024 Olympics from every possible angle and revealed his best bet for Sunday, July 28. You can visit SportsLine now to see his 2024 Summer Olympics picks.
Top 2024 Paris Olympics picks for July 28
Tierney has decided to rock with the massive underdog in Serbia versus USA Basketball. The expert sites how the Americans are not going into battle playing the best basketball and have multiple guys in the frontcourt who are not at full strength. He notes the three-time MVP on the other side in Nikola Jokic could make an impact.
"The Americans are not exactly entering the Games on a roll. They staggered through a series of narrow wins in pre-Olympics exhibitions," Tierney told SportsLine. "Now their two main bigs, Joel Embiid and Anthony Davis, are dealing with illness. Team USA might welcome back Kevin Durant after a long injury absence, yet he could be rusty." See the rest of his picks here.
How to make 2024 Olympics picks
Tierney has analyzed the 2024 Paris Olympics odds for Sunday from every angle and locked in two more best bets, one in swimming and a surprising pick in men's basketball as well. He's only sharing his picks here.
What are Tierney's best bets for the 2024 Olympic Games on Sunday? Visit SportsLine now to see Mike Tierney 2024 Summer Olympics best bets and analysis, and find out.
