| BILES | US artiste gymnast who has won 30 Olympic and World Championship medals combined, Simone _ (5) |
| TESSITURA | US artiste's exceptional vocal range |
| MERLENEOTTEY | Sprinter who won 14 world championship medals representing Jamaica |
| ONO | Takashi ___ retired Japanese gymnast who has won 13 medals at the Olympics |
| WHITLOCK | Max, British artistic gymnast who has won two Olympic golds (8) |
| MARBLES | Game whose British and World Championship has been held at Tinsley Green, West Sussex, every year since 1932 |
| MAMEDE | Portuguese runner Fernando ____ held the 10,000m world record for five years from 1984, but won no European or global championship medals |
| BATHTUBRACE | July 23rd to July 26th, 2015: Nanaimo Marine Festival and World Championship ___ ___ (Splish! Splash |
| SERENA | Younger of two sisters who between them have won 30 Grand Slam singles tennis titles (6) |
| DANIEL | Beth ......, female American golfer who won 30 USLPGA Tour events (6) |
| SUGAR | Nickname of former Olympic and world champion professional boxer Ray Leonard (5) |
| SATCH | Will, who stroked Britain's eight to Olympic and World title glory |
| ENNIS | --Hill; surname of an Olympic and world heptathlon champion (5) |
| SALLY | Australian winner of the Olympic and Commonwealth Games 110 metres Hurdles (5,7) |
| SOCHI | City in Russia that will host the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (5) |
| SIMON | Simone ___, actress who starred as Irena Dubrovna Reed in 1942 horror film Cat People (5) |
| KOREA | South -; country hosting the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games in its city PyeongChang (5) |
| LEIGH | "Birmingham" sculptor Simone ___ |
| YANG | Sun, Chinese swimmer who has won three Olympic and 11 World Championship gold medals (4) |
| ROGERBLACK | British athlete who won individual silver medals in the 400m at the Olympic Games and World Championships |
