Paddy Power is pumped up for the Winter Olympic games and they are now one of the first sportsbooks online to offer Winter Olympics betting lines for various events.  Paddy Power is of course offering the Winter Olympics hockey lines, but on top of these you can find many other lines for events such as the 15km cross country ski, men’s and women’s curling, ski jumping, the biathlons, bobsleigh, luge and skeleton.

Check out all of the Winter Olympics odds at Paddy Power!

Men’s 15km Cross Country Skiing

Lukas Bauer of Germany is currently the favourite in the men’s 15km cross country skiing event with odds of 4/1.  After him 6 other skiers are tied with odds of 7/1.

Women’s 15km Cross Country Skiing

Charlotte Kalla of Sweden is the women to beat in this event at the upcoming Olympic games.  Kalla has odds of 3/1 to win the event Bjoergen of Norway at 7/2 and Polish skier Kowalczyk at 4/1.

Mens Curling

Canada is the overwhelming favourite to take down the Mens curling gold medal with odds of 4/5.  There closest competitors are Great Britain with odds of 4/1 and Norway with odds of 9/2.

Womens Curling

Not surprisingly, Canada is also favourites to win the Womens curling gold in Vancouver with 3/2 odds.  China has the second best odds with Switzerland rounding up the top 3.

Four Man Bobsled

The Germans are the team to beat this time around with Paddy Power odds of 8/13.  Following them is the USA in second with 2/1 odds and then there is a big gap down to Russia who has 11/2 odds to win the gold.

Overall Medal Table Winners

Who are the favourites to take down the most medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver?  Well it’s not the hometown Canadians.  Canada has the second best odds to win the most medals at the Olympics in Vancouver with odds of 3/1.  The overwhelming favourites to repeat however are the Germans with 5/4 odds.  The USA is the third favourites, with Russia, Austria and Norway rounding out the top 6.

You can find all of the pre-event odds at Paddy Power.  I think it’s great that Paddy Power has released these odds with a month to go until the Olympics.  This should get people interested in the games and the athletes who are competiting for their countries.