The Money Is On Which Royal Will Light The Olympic Cauldron?

Five time Great Britain Olympic gold medalist Steve Redgrave has been installed as the $1.33 favourite to light the Olympic Cauldron at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au.

Any member of the British Royal Family have been priced next at $9.00, with David Beckham next in the market at $11.

“Redgrave has twice been the British flag bearer and if they do decide to give the responsibility to a former Olympian, he is obviously the clear choice,” said sportsbet.com.au’s Shaun Anderson.

“With the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the Royal Wedding last year, the Royal Family are extremely popular at the moment so we expect there to be a lot of interest from punters for a Royal to light the cauldron at $9.00.”

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Who will light the Olympic Cauldron

$1.33 Steve Redgrave
$9.00 Any member of the British Royal Family
$11 David Beckham
$12 Sir Roger Bannister
$13 Tom Daley
$15 Dorothy Tyler
$17 Kelly Holmes
$19 Daley Thompson
$21 Bobby Charlton, Tanni Grey Thompson
$23 Matthew Pinsent, Seb Coe
$26 Chris Hoy, Denise Lewis
$34 Jessica Ennis, Mo Farah
$41 Rebecca Adlington, Mary Peters, Steve Ovett
$51 Linford Christie, Ben Ainslie
$67 Wayne Rooney
$81 Nelson Mandela
$101 Dwain Chambers