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- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy remains the clear favourite to win the Nobel Peace Prize
- Narges Mohammadi won last year's award "for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran"
- Odds also given for the Nobel Literature Prize for 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy remains the clear favourite to win the Nobel Peace Prize
Odds are already being offered for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize award and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy remains the 4/1 favourite to win.
Bookies continue to offer odds for the big award with Zelenskyy currently given a 20% chance of being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Zelenskyy has been one of the favourites for each year that the Russia/Ukraine war has been ongoing and he is once again sat at the top of the betting market for the award this year.
Zelenskyy was sworn in as the 6th President of Ukraine back in May 2019 and he will have had no idea that he would have had to have been such a big leader for his country.
| 2024 Nobel Peace Prize Winner | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Volodymyr Zelenskyy | 4/1 | 20.0% |
| Alexei Navalny | 5/1 | 16.7% |
| Ilham Tohti | 6/1 | 14.3% |
| Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya | 15/2 | 11.8% |
| International Court of Jutice | 15/2 | 11.8% |
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Narges Mohammadi won last year's award "for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran"
Narges Mohammadi was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for “for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all”.
Mohammadi is currently imprisoned for running a human rights movement that campaigned against the abolition of the death penalty in Iran.
The activist has been arrested 13 times was sentenced by Iran's Revolutionary Court to an additional 15 months in prison after already spending 12 years in jail.
Odds also given for the Nobel Literature Prize for 2024
Bookmakers are also offering betting odds on the Nobel Literature Prize for this year with Chinese writer Can Xue the 4/1 favourite to win.
Xue has been favourite for the award in previous years and was at the top of the market on numerous occasions for last year's prize.
That ultimately went to Norwegian Novelist and Playwright Jon Fosse who was awarded with the Nobel Literature Prize in 2023.
| 2024 Nobel Literature Prize Winner | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Can Xue | 4/1 | 20.0% |
| Gerald Murnane | 6/1 | 14.3% |
| Anne Carson | 7/1 | 12.5% |
| Lyudmila Ulitskaya | 8/1 | 11.1% |
| Mircea Cartarescu | 9/1 | 10.0% |
