| GOINGFORTHEGOLD | Competing in the Olympics |
| PROS | Athletes formerly prohibited from competing in the Olympics |
| OLYMPIANS | General description of athletes competing in the quadrennial sports festival founded in its modern form by Baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1896 (9) |
| VYING | Competing in the navy in gunnery (5) |
| TOMMYSIMPSON | British winner of the 1965 UCI Road World Championships men's road race who died competing in the 19 |
| CHARIOTS | Film based on British athletes competing in the 1924 Olympics, ... Of Fire |
| RACING | Competing in the Indy 500, e.g. |
| KATIE | ___ Piper, presenter competing in the new series of Strictly Come Dancing (5) |
| ISLE | Lewis, say, was competing in the Bislett stadium (4) |
| BLATT | Melanie _, singer competing in the new series of Celebrity MasterChef (5) |
| BEAUMONT | Lucy _, will be competing in the next series of Taskmaster (8) |
| LYLES | American professional track and field sprinter competing in the 100 m and 200 m, Noah _ (5) |
| TOOOLD | Like high schoolers, for competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee |
| HEALY | Singer competing in the first series of Celebrity Bear Hunt, Una _ (5) |
| JACK | One of the Irish Olympians who is competing in this year's Dancing with the Stars (4,7) |
| WOOLLEY | One of the Irish Olympians who is competing in this year's Dancing with the Stars (4,7) |
| DIVER | Reviled footballer one competing in Olympics? |
| LINDSEYVONN | American alpine skier who's currently competing in her fourth Olympics: 2 wds. |
| EDMOSES | Olympic 400m champion in 1976 and 1984, prevented by boycott from competing in 1980 |
| EEL | Eric 'the ___' Moussambani had never seen an Olympicsized pool before competing in 2000 |
