| WILMA | ..... Rudolph, female sprinter who won two individual gold medals at the I960 Olympics (5) |
| TODD | Mark ...., New Zealand equestrian who won two individual eventing golds at the Olympics (4) |
| BARBARAPIERRE | *Haitian-American sprinter who won two medals at the 2015 Pan American Games (letters 6-11) |
| OTTEY | Merlene ....., female sprinter who represented Jamaica and Slovenia (5) |
| LESLIE | Law, British eventer who won the individual gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics (6) |
| ADAMPEATY | British holder of two individual breaststroke world records |
| AE | Two individual letters of the diphthong in 76-Down |
| OWENS | American sprinter who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games (5) |
| WELLS | Allan ___, Scottish sprinter who won the men's 100m at the 1900 Moscow Olympics (5) |
| FLOJO | Byname for a US sprinter who won three gold medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul (3-2) |
| CATHY | Australian sprinter who won gold at the Sydney Games in 2000, ... Freeman |
| RADII | Run Australian 500 with two individuals - they run from the centre to the circumference! (5) |
| STARK | Ian ___, 1991 European Eventing Championships individual gold medallist (5) |
| LYLES | Noah _, American sprinter who is the third fastest of alltime in the 200m (5) |
| CHRISTIE | Linford -; sprinter who won the gold medal in the 100 metres at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics (8) |
| RUDOLPH | Wilma ___, American sprinter who won gold medals in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m at the 1960 Olympics (7) |
| ELLIS | Kendall ___ sprinter who was a part of the team who set the world record for distance medley relay in 2022 |
| NITRO | Name of the Gladiator, a Commonwealth and World gold medallist sprinter, who took part in Celebrity MasterChef in 2024 (5) |
| TALOU | Ivorian sprinter who is the African record holder in the 100 metres, Marie-Josee (2,3) |
| TYSON | US sprinter who was the 2007 World Championships men's 100m and 200m champion (5,3) |