Odds provision company Odds2Trade.com has reported brisk business ahead of the forthcoming Olympic Games in Beijing.

"With a total of 28 sports that comprise 302 events, there is going to be a plethora of markets for sportsbooks to take bets on," the company said.

Spokesman Nick Gray said that Odds2Trade’s specialist track and field odds compilers are braced and prepared for a hectic schedule.

"We’ve had plenty of time to analyse the usual ante-post markets in the run up to the Games but it’s when the heats begin and certain athletes start to show winning form that the serious changes in market prices will begin," he said.