2024 Olympics swimming odds, picks, and more: Proven Expert reveals best bets for Friday, Aug. 2

The 2024 Paris Olympics continue Friday with a number of events that could feature some drama, including two men's swimming, one women's swimming and one men's track and field event. One of the most intriguing could be the men's 50-meter freestyle. That event is slated to get underway at 2:30 p.m. ET. Cameron McEvoy (-125) of Australia enters as the favorite, but a number of other competitors will make things interesting, including Ben Proud (+220) of Great Britain and Caeleb Dressel (+500) of the United States.

Before locking in any 2024 Summer Olympics predictions for Friday, Aug. 2, 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).

Now, Tierney has broken down the 2024 Paris Olympics from every possible angle and locked in his best predictions and bets for Friday, Aug. 2. We can tell you that Tierney is backing Ben Proud of Great Britain in the men's 50-meter freestyle event. 

"Surprises are common in the ultimate swim sprint, so avoiding the distinct favorite — Cameron McEvoy of Australia at - 125 — is a given," Tierney told SportsLine.

Tierney also has identified two other strong men's, one women's swimming and one men's track and field picks on Friday, including one that returns +900! You ABSOLUTELY need to see his 2024 Paris Olympics picks before locking in your own.

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