| BASKETBALL | The U.S. had never lost a game at the Olympics in this sport when the U.S.S.R. "stole" the gold medal in 1972 (10) |
| BARNA | Viktor ___, 1935 World Table Tennis Championships singles, doubles, mixed doubles and team gold meda |
| MARA | (As of 2012) Actor under 30: This Ms. R. stole the show in the U.S. Girl w/ the Dragon Tattoo. |
| ICEHOCKEY | Wendell Anderson, Minnesota's 33rd governor (1971-76), won a silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics in this sport |
| THURSDAY | Try U.S. had for a time (8) |
| THREW | Lost a game on purpose |
| MONTREAL | In 1976 HM opened the Olympics in this Canadian city (Her Majesty's daughter was a member of the Bri |
| EVENING | There's no time for equestrian sport when the light fades |
| SEPT | When the U.S. Open ends |
| PITT | British P.M. when the U.S. Constitution was signed |
| SKIMP | To save money, do winter sport when the afternoon is over (5) |
| AUDIOTAPES | Obsolescent meda |
| IDOWU | Phillips -, 2009 World Championships triple jump old meda list (5) |
| ZATOPEK | Nicknamed the "Czech Locomotive", the runner who won three gold medals at the 1952 Olympics, the third in a last-minute marathon, a distance he had never attempted before (7) |
| JAKECANTER | American snowboarder who won a bronze medal yesterday at the Olympics in Italy; 10 years ago he had suffered a traumatic brain injury while training and was never expected to snowboard again |
| SQUASH | Racquet-and-ball sport set to make its debut at the Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028 (6) |
| HERB | Former Australian athlete who never lost a race over 1500 metres and broke the four-minute mile record on 17 occasions, ... Elliott |
| SEBASTIANCOE | 1500m gold medallist at the Olympics in 1980 and 1984 (9,3) |
| LENNOXLEWIS | Boxer who represented Canada at the Olympics in the 1980s (6,5) |
| BOBSLEDS | Goes downhill at the Olympics, in a way |
