| MILE | English neurologist Roger Bannister became the first athlete to run this distance in less than four minutes. (4) |
| ROGERBANNISTER | British doctor who was the first athlete to run the mile in less than four minutes? (5,9) |
| FOUR | On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister became the first man to run the mile in less than this many minutes |
| ELIUDKIPCHOGE | First man to run the marathon distance in less than two hours |
| ISRAELI | Triathlete Shachar Sagiv became the first ... athlete to compete in Saudi Arabia. (7) |
| FURLONG | Sprinters used to run this and roll up on finishing at last (7) |
| OPTIONALEXTRA | One didn’t have to run this bye? |
| MICHAEL | With 28-Across, NBA great who became the first Athlete to land on the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans (he's number 379) |
| REGIS | John ___, the first British athlete to run the 200m in under 20 seconds |
| CHRISTIE | First British athlete to run under 10 seconds in the 100 metres (8) |
| OERTER | Who was the first athlete to win a gold medal in the same individual event in four consecutive Olympics? (6) |
| BANNISTER | British athlete who was the first man to run the mile in less than four minutes, Roger ... |
| SPITZ | This swimmer was the first athlete to win seven gold medals in a single Games |
| KAKA | Mononymic soccer star who was the first athlete to have 10 million Twitter followers |
| ILIE | Tennis pro Nastase, the first athlete to sign an endorsement deal with Nike |
| NURMI | Runner nicknamed the Flying Finn who was one of the first athletes to win five gold medals at a sing |
| LYLEALZADO | Raider great who was one of the first athletes to admit to steroid use |
| AL | ___ Oerter was the 1st athlete to win the same event (discus) at |
| AVERAGE | ___ speed is given by total distance travelled by the body divided by the total time taken to cover this distance (7) |
| GEHRIG | First athlete to be depicted on a Wheaties box (in 1934) |
