| SABASTIANSAWE | Kenyan runner who became the first person to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a recordeligible race at the London Marathon last month (9,4) |
| KIPCHOGE | First person in recorded history to run a sub-two-hour marathon |
| SAWE | Sabastian _, Kenyan athlete who ran the first official sub-two-hour marathon in London in April 2026 (4) |
| SIFAN | Dutch runner who became the Women's 10,000m European record holder in 2020, _ Hassan (5) |
| BANNISTER | Roger -; athlete who, in 1954, became the first person to run a mile in under four minutes (9) |
| COE | Runner who became a baron in 2000 |
| FOURMINUTES | Roger Bannister was the first person to run a mile under this time (2 wds.) |
| JAKOB | Track star Ingebrigtsen who, at age 16, became the youngest person in history to run a sub-four-minute mile |
| ELIUDKIPCHOGE | Kenyan runner who is the first man to break two hours for the marathon (5,8) |
| KELVINKIPTUM | Kenyan runner who broke the world record for the men's marathon at the 2023 Chicago Marathon (6,6) |
| RUTH | Kenyan runner who set a new world record in the marathon in 2024, _ Chepng'etich (4) |
| TERGAT | Paul ___, Kenyan runner who held the world best time in the marathon from 2003 to 2007 |
| SABASTIAN | Kenyan athlete who ran the first sub-two hour competitive marathon (9,4) |
| KEIRHARDIE | Scottish politician who became the first person to lead the Labour Party in the House of Commons in 1906 (4,6) |
| BRIGIDKOSGEI | Kenyan runner who won the women's race at the 2019 and 2020 London Marathons (6,6) |
| YEAGER | Pilot who became the first person to break the sound barrier when he exceeded 670 mph (Mach 1) in the Bell X-1 rocket research aircraft in 1947 (6) |
| MOUNTAINEER | Climber such as Maurice Herzog who, in 1950, became the first person to reach the summit of a peak over 8000m high - it was Mt Annapurna in Nepal |
| BLYTH | Paratrooper turned yachtsman who, in 1971 in the ketch British Steel, became the first person to sail solo nonstop westwards around the world (5) |
| BALLOON | In 1995 Steve Fossett became the first person to cross the Pacific solo in this type of gas-filled a |
| FAITH | Kenyan runner who is the world record holder for the 1500 metres and the mile, _ Kipyegon (5) |
