OLYMPIC SPORTS
Across
- 3. the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows
- 5. a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net
- 10. a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer, uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore
- 11. a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with the aim of successfully lifting the heaviest weights
- 14. a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender's hoop, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop
- 16. a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent or between two teams of two players each
- 18. a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch
- 19. a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting
- 20. a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, artistry and endurance
Down
- 1. a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the opposing team
- 2. a combat sport that features sword fighting
- 4. a winter sport in which teams of 2 to 4 athletes make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh
- 6. an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water
- 7. the sport of racing boats using oars
- 8. a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net
- 9. a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
- 12. a Korean martial art and combat sport involving punching and kicking techniques
- 13. a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit a ball into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible
- 15. an endurance multisport race consisting of swimming, cycling, and running over various distances
- 17. a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms and bows/crossbows