Defending Olympic champion Malaika Mihambo will aim to defend her Olympic women’s long jump title this week at the Paris Olympics. To accomplish that, she will need to get the better of a tough field that includes an up-and-coming American along with the competitor that finished just behind her at the most recent European Championships. Here, we break down the women’s long jump field for the Paris Games and make our pick to win this event as part of the Paris track and field meet.

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Olympic Women’s Long Jump Betting Odds

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The odds-on favorite to win the Olympic women’s long jump competition is Malaika Mihambo of Germany. Mihambo won the gold medal in this event in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and has followed that up with a world championship in 2022 and a European championship in 2024. She has finished first or second in seven of her last eight major international competitions, making her a deserved favorite here. Mihambo is joined by American Tara Davis-Woodhall and Italian Larissa Iapichino as the only competitors inside of +1000 to win the women’s long jump gold.

Olympic Women’s Long Jump Major Storylines

The top storyline going into this women’s long jump competition is whether or not anyone can touch Mihambo on the Olympic stage. Mihambo finished second to Iapichino in their qualifying group going into the final of this competition. But they were separated by just 0.01m with those jumps and we should see more from Mihambo in the final when the lights are the brightest for these long jumpers.

It is also entirely possible that the toughest competition for Mihambo at this event is not taking part in the final Ivana Spanovic has gone toe-to-toe with Mihambo in big meets for a long time now. But Spanovic failed to qualify for the final after finishing ninth in her qualifying group here in Paris. That should help clear the runway for the defending champion to try and win a second straight long jump gold.

Olympic Women’s Long Jump Medal Contenders

The top-three medal contenders in the Olympic women’s long jump are Mihambo, Davis-Woodhall, and Iapichino, all of whom were strong in qualifying. Outside of that trio, it would be smart to keep an eye on Ese Brume of Nigeria, who had a very good qualifying jump to get to the final. She could very well crash the podium if we see any sort of letdown from the big three going into the final.

Women’s Long Jump Betting Prediction: Tara Davis-Woodhall (+175)

We will stay away from the favorite going into the final of the Olympic women’s long jump. Instead of going with Mihambo, we will back American Tara Davis-Woodhall, who had the best distance during the qualifying portion of this event. And with Mihambo needing all three jumps just to qualify after fouling on her first two attempts, we could see her struggle and open the door for another American gold in track and field.

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