| DO | Taekwon___ was officially added to the Games in 2000 in Sydney |
| HAMMERTHROW | Athletics event - the women's version was included in the Olympics for the first time at Sydney's Summer Games in 2000 (6,5) |
| CATHY | Australian sprinter who won gold at the Sydney Games in 2000, ... Freeman |
| REFEREE | He's e'er free to go out to the games (7) |
| OLYMPIC | Relating to the Games |
| TAEKWONDO | Martial art, introduced in to the Olympics in 2000, in which Korea dominates. (9) |
| PERCY | English sailor who won Olympic gold medals in 2000, in the Finn class, and 2008, in the Star class with Andrew Simpson (4,5) |
| IAIN | English sailor who won Olympic gold medals in 2000, in the Finn class, and 2008, in the Star class with Andrew Simpson (4,5) |
| TWOSE | Roger ..... , New Zealand cricketer who made 103 against South Africa in the 6th ODI in 2000 in Cape Town (5) |
| ROGER | New Zealand cricketer who made 103 against South Africa in the 6th ODI in 2000 in Cape Town (5) |
| OMAN | Which country overlooking the mouth of the Persian Gulf just participated in its 11th consecutive summer Olympics since making its debut in the Games in 1984? (4) |
| CEDRIC | It was renamed the Datsun 2000 in the latter part of the Sixties (6) |
| POSE | Posture assumed in order to be painted or photographed; any of the various yogic asanas; or, the right to begin the game in dominoes (4) |
| GATWICK | An alternative to Heathrow, this London airport was officially opened by the Queen in 1958 |
| CHARLES | He was officially crowned king in May in the U.K. (7) |
| ISTHMIAN | I sent off this man in the games in Greece |
| ST | ___ Louis hosted the Games in 1904; the 1st Olympics held outside Europe |
| SMALLPOX | Infectious disease that was officially declared eradicated from the world in 1980 (8) |
| NSYNC | Musical group whose album "No Strings Attached" was the highest-selling album of 2000 in the U.S. |
| DRAGON | Creature associated with the year 2000 in the Chinese calendar (6) |