Olympic Speedskating 2018: Updated Odds and NBC Live-Stream Schedule

James DudkoFeb 8, 2018

Sven Kramer is among the favourites with oddsmakers to win two races in the speedskating at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

The event will get underway on Saturday, February 10, and individual races will run to Friday, February 23.

Kramer's fellow Dutchmen Ronald Mulder, Kai Verbij and Jan Smeekens make up the main contenders in the 500-metre event. Among the other skaters to watch is Erin Jackson, the 25-year-old who is making her Olympics debut for the U.S. team.

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Here are the odds for each of the key races, per Justin Hartling of OddsShark:

Men's 500-meters

Ronald Mulder (NED) +350—bet $100 to win $350
Kai Verbij (NED) +500
Havard Holmefjord Lorentzen (NOR) +550
Jan Smeekens (NED) +900
Laurent Dubreuil (CAN) +1100
Alex Boisvert-Lacroix (CAN) +1200
Artur Was (POL) +1200
Mika Poutala (FIN) +1200
Nico Ihle (GER) +1200
Ruslan Murashov (OAR) +1200
Daichi Yamanaka (JPN) +1400
Gilmore Junio (CAN) +1800
Tsubasa Hasegawa (JPN) +2000
William Dutton (CAN) +2500
Kim Jun-ho (KOR) +3300
Ryohei Haga (JPN) +3300
Mitchell Whitmore (USA) +4000
Pekka Koskela (FIN) +5000

Women's 500-meters

Nao Kodaira (JPN) -350—bet $350 to win $100
Lee Sang-hwa (KOR) +450
Brittany Bowe (USA) +900
Heather Richardson-Bergsma (USA) +1600
Arisa Go (JPN) +2000
Vanessa Herzog-Bittner (AUT) +2500
Angelina Golikova (OAR) +3300
Marsha Hudey (CAN) +3300
Zhang Hong (CHN) +3300
Jorien Ter Mors (NED) +4000
Yu Jing (CHN) +4000
Heather McLean (CAN) +5000
Karolina Erbanova (CZE) +5000
Erina Kamiya (JPN) +6600
Anice Das (NED) +10000
Olga Fatkulina (OAR) +10000

Men's 1,000-meters

Kjeld Nuis (NED) +210
Kai Verbij (NED) +300
Denis Yuskov (OAR) +350
Havard Holmefjord Lorentzen (NOR) +500
Koen Verweij (NED) +900
Vincent De Haitre (CAN) +1600
Aleksey Yesin (OAR) +2000
Joey Mantia (USA) +2500
Mo Tae-Bum (KOR) +2500
Alexandre St-Jean (CAN) +3300
Mika Poutala (FIN) +3300
Kim Tae-yun (KOR) +4000
Shani Davis (USA) +4000
Takuro Oda (JPN) +5000
Joel Dufter (GER) +6600
Sebastian Klosinski (POL) +8000

Women's 1,000-meters

Nao Kodaira (JPN) -150
Heather Richardson-Bergsma (USA) +500
Miho Takagi (JPN) +700
Brittany Bowe (USA) +1000
Jorien Ter Mors (NED) +1000
Ireen Wust (NED) +1200
Marrit Leenstra (NED) +1600
Yekaterina Shikhova (OAR) +3300
Arisa Go (JPN) +5000
Hege Bokko (NOR) +5000
Karolína Erbanova (CZE) +5000
Lee Sang-hwa (KOR) +5000
Vanessa Herzog-Bittner (AUT) +5000
Li Qishi (CHN) +6600
Kali Christ (CAN) +10000

Men's 1,500-meters

Denis Yuskov (OAR) +105
Kjeld Nuis (NED) +300
Koen Verweij (NED) +300
Joey Mantia (USA) +2000
Patrick Roest (NED) +2000
Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR) +2000
Vincent De Haître (CAN) +2800
Allan Dahl Johansson (NOR) +3300
Kim Min-seok (KOR) +3300
Denny Morrison (CAN) +5000
Haralds Silovs (LVA) +5000
Sindre Henriksen (NOR) +5000
Brian Hansen (USA) +8000
Bart Swings (BEL) +10000
Konrad Niedzwiedzki (POL) +10000
Takuro Oda (JPN) +10000
Taro Kondo (JPN) +10000

Women's 1,500-meters

Miho Takagi (JPN) -110
Heather Richardson-Bergsma (USA) +400
Ireen Wust (NED) +400
Marrit Leenstra (NED) +900
Lotte van Beek (NED) +900
Brittany Bowe (USA) +1400
Yekaterina Shikhova (OAR) +1400
Martina Sablikova (CZE) +5000
Ayaka Kikuchi (JPN) +6600
Gabriele Hirschbichler (GER) +6600
Ida Njatun (NOR) +6600
Ivanie Blondin (CAN) +6600
Natalia Voronina (OAR) +6600
Katarzyna Bachleda-Curus (POL) +8000
Brianne Tutt (CAN) +10000
Natalia Czerwonka (POL) +10000
Roxanne Dufter (GER) +10000
Yuliya Skokova (OAR) +10000
Francesca Lollobrigida (ITA) +15000

Women's 3,000-meters

Ireen Wust (NED) +200
Martina Sablikova (CZE) +225
Antoinette De Jong (NED) +500
Miho Takagi (JPN ) +600
Ivanie Blondin (CAN) +700
Natalia Voronina (OAR) +1200
Claudia Pechstein (GER) +1400
Anna Yurakova (OAR ) +3300
Isabelle Weidemann (CAN) +5000
Marina Zueva (BLR) +5000
Francesca Lollobrigida (ITA) +6600
Kim Bo-reum (KOR) +5000
Ida Njatun (NOR) +10000
Mia Manganello (USA) +10000
Roxanne Dufter (GER) +10000

Men's 5,000-meters

Sven Kramer (NED) -250
Ted-Jan Bloemen (NED) +400
Bob de Vries (NED) +1200
Jan Blokhuijsen (NED) +2000
Nicola Tumolero (ITA) +2000
Peter Michael (NZL) +2000
Patrick Beckert (GER) +2000
Moritz Geisreiter (GER) +2500
Seung-Hoon Lee (KOR) +4000
Andrea Giovannini (ITA) +6600
Alexis Contin (FRA) +10000
Bart Swings (BEL) +10000
Davide Ghiotto (ITA) +10000
Ben Donnelly (CAN) +12500
Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR) +25000

Women's 5,000-meters

Martina Sablíkova (CZE) +150
Claudia Pechstein (GER) +300
Esmee Visser (NED) +500
Ivanie Blondin (CAN) +500
Annouk van der Weijden (NED) +800
Isabelle Weidemann (CAN) +1800
Natalia Voronina (OAR) +2200
Anna Yurakova (OAR) +2500
Carlijn Schoutens (USA) +3300
Stephanie Beckert (GER) +3300
Fuyo Matsuoka (JPN) +4000
Nana Takagi (JPN) +5000
Mia Manganello (USA) +10000

Men's 10,000-meters

Sven Kramer (NED ) -400
Ted-Jan Bloemen (NED) +250
Jorrit Bergsma (NED) +900
Davide Ghiotto (ITA) +2200
Peter Michael (NZL) +3300
Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR) +3300
Nicola Tumolero (ITA) +4000
Patrick Beckert (GER) +5000
Seung-Hoon Lee (KOR) +5000
Moritz Geisreiter (GER ) +6600
Alexis Contin (FRA) +10000
Jordan Belchos (CAN) +10000

Odds are accurate at the time of writing.

Here are the live-streaming links: NBCOlympics.com, NBC Sports App, BBC Sport, Eurosport Player.

Streaming begins at 1 p.m. ET on Saturday, February 10.

The full schedule for both individual and team races is available, per the Games' official website, with the women's 3,000-meters up first:

Saturday, February 10

Ladies' 3,000-meters, 11 a.m. GMT. 6 a.m. ET.

Sunday, February 11

Men's 5,000-meters, 7 a.m. GMT. 2 a.m. ET.

Monday, February 12

Ladies' 1,500-meters, 12:30 p.m. GMT. 7:30 a.m. ET.

Tuesday, February 13

Men's 1,500-meters, 11 a.m. GMT. 6 a.m. ET.

Wednesday, February 14

Ladies' 1,000-meters, 10 a.m. GMT. 5 a.m. ET.

Thursday, February 15

Men's 10,000-meters, 11 a.m. GMT. 6 a.m. ET.

Friday, February 16

Ladies' 5,000-meters, 11 a.m. GMT. 6 a.m. ET.

Sunday, February 18

Men's Team Pursuit Quarterfinals, 11 a.m. GMT. 6 a.m. ET.
Ladies's 500-meters, 11:53 a.m. GMT. 6:53 a.m. ET.

Monday, February 19

Ladies' Team Pursuit Quarterfinals, 11 a.m. GMT. 6 a.m. ET.
Men's 500-meters, 11:53 a.m. GMT. 6:53 a.m. ET.

Wednesday, February 21

Ladies' Team Pursuit Semifinal 1, 11 a.m. GMT. 6 a.m. ET.
Ladies' Team Pursuit Semifinal 2, 11:06 a.m. GMT. 6:06 a.m. ET.
Men's Team Pursuit Semifinal 1, 11:22 a.m. GMT. 6:22 a.m. ET.
Men's Team Pursuit Semifinal 2, 11:28 a.m. GMT. 6:28 a.m. ET.
Ladies' Team Pursuit Final D, 11:54 a.m. GMT. 6:54 a.m. ET.
Ladies' Team Pursuit Final C, 12 p.m. GMT. 7 a.m. ET.
Men's Team Pursuit Final D, 12:13 p.m. GMT. 7:13 a.m. ET.
Men's Team Pursuit Final C, 12:19 p.m. GMT. 7:19 a.m. ET.
Ladies' Team Pursuit Final B, 12:52 p.m. GMT. 7:52 a.m. ET.
Ladies' Team Pursuit Final A, 12:58 p.m. GMT. 7:58 a.m. ET.
Men's Team Pursuit Final B, 1:11 p.m. GMT. 6:11 a.m. ET.
Men's Team Pursuit Final A, 1:17 p.m. GMT. 6:17 a.m. ET.

Friday, February 23

Men's 1,000-meters, 10 a.m. GMT. 5 a.m. ET.

Saturday, February 24

Ladies' Mass Start Semifinal 1, 11 a.m. GMT. 6 a.m. ET.
Ladies' Mass Start Semifinal 2, 11:15 a.m. GMT. 6:15 a.m. ET.
Men's Mass Start Semifinal 1, 11:45 a.m. GMT. 6:45 a.m. ET.
Men's Mass Start Semifinal 2, 12 p.m. GMT. 7 a.m. ET.
Ladies' Mass Start Final, 12:30 p.m. GMT. 7:30 a.m. ET.
Men's Mass Start Final, 1 p.m. GMT. 8 a.m. ET.

Kramer and the Netherlands dominated this event four years ago in Sochi. The 31-year-old Heerenveen native won gold and silver in the long-track events, making him a natural favourite for the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter races this time.

Kramer will again be the man to beat in multiple races.

Peter Dejong/Associated Press

Kramer is still famous among some for missing out on a second gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Games, when he was disqualified for skating in the wrong lane.

However, provided he avoids a similar error, there's no reason why Kramer can't claim a brace of gold medals at Pyeongchang.

Smeekens is another Dutch speedskater who enjoyed his time in Sochi. He collected a silver medal in the 500-meter race, but is only the fourth favourite this time. Even so, odds of plus-900 should be considered tempting for a decorated 30-year-old with ample experience at this level.

Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands competes during the men's 500m competition at the ISU Speed Skating World Cup in Harbin, in China's northeast Heilongjiang province on November 12, 2016. CHINA OUT / AFP / STR / CHINA OUT (Photo credit should read ST

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Countryman Ronald Mulder is expected to take gold in this race, despite finishing just behind Smeekens four years ago.

Jackson will be "America's first-ever African-American woman to compete in Olympic long-track skating," per Andy Frye of Rolling Stone. He also noted it's a major step up for an athlete who first took to skating on ice a mere four months ago.

However, another skater from the Netherlands, Ireen Wust, is expected to dominate in the 3,000-meter event. Wust will be competing in her final Olympics and has four chances to surpass Germany's Claudia Pechstein for most medals won by a speedskater, according to Simon Jennings of Reuters.

Netherlands' speed skater Ireen Wust competes in the women's 1500 metre race during the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Heerenveen on December 29, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / ANP / Jerry Lampen / Netherlands OUT (Photo credit should read JERRY LAMPEN/A

JERRY LAMPEN/Getty Images

Wust prepared for these Games by winning the 1,500-meters at the World Cup in Germany back in January.

The Netherlands has the team to once again boss the medal table in this event. Expect the races to follow the odds and for familiar names such as Kramer and Wust to be on the podium.