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The 29-year-old won gold at the 2012 London Games with a leap
of 8.31 meters and is backing himself to win gold again in
Brazil.
"I won't shy away from saying I always put a lot of pressure on
myself," Rutherford told British media.
"I will go into the Olympic Games expecting to win the Olympic
Games. It is just how I see it and it's no disrespect to
everybody else because there are some very good jumpers there."
Rutherford is quoted by Skybet at 5-4 for Olympic gold, with
Marquis Dendy from the United States, who cleared 8.41 meters
indoors in March, at 7-2.
"It's great that I'm the bookies' favorite, and I quite like
that. I don't think I've been bookies' favorite for anything
before now," Rutherford said.
Rutherford missed the World Indoor Championships in March due to
illness but said he was in the best shape of his career ahead of
the start of the Diamond League in Rome on Thursday.
"Arguably I'm in the best shape I've ever been," he added.
"I had a little adductor problem and stupid chest infection that
wrote off the indoor season, but that quickly passed and I was
training really well again."
(Reporting by Ian Rodricks in Bengaluru, Editing by Neville
Dalton)
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