The Olympic Games - Sports and Sporting Excellence

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Across
  1. 4. The Olympic symbols consists of five _________ rings
  2. 6. Taking over, usually by force, a territory
  3. 7. Women were initially ________ from participating in and attending the Games.
  4. 10. A winter sport that involves making timed runs on an ice track on a sleigh
  5. 11. Dedicated to a religious purpose; related to God
  6. 12. The Olympic Games symbol was revealed in the 1920 Games in ________.
  7. 13. A religious belief other than that of recognised world religions
  8. 14. The four-year period between two Games
  9. 19. Each ring in the Olympic symbol represents a _________.
  10. 20. The number of times the Games was interrupted by global political events
  11. 21. A cross of boxing and wrestling; the game with no rules
  12. 23. To make a first appearance; an introduction
  13. 24. The sport event that was held at its original site when the Games returned to Greece
  14. 25. A person who indulges in himself excessively; to have questionable morals
  15. 27. The Games were held in _______ of Zeus.
Down
  1. 1. The word inspired by the name of the original 192-metre foot race
  2. 2. A rank of noblemen; the lowest order of British nobility
  3. 3. having the authority to handle the matters of an organisation or people, e.g. IOC
  4. 5. A group of five sporting events
  5. 8. A series of addition; a rate of increase
  6. 9. To lose respect because of a dishonourable action
  7. 15. The 2020 Summer Olympics was ______ a year because of the ongoing pandemic.
  8. 16. Well-known for a bad quality or action
  9. 17. The Summer and Winter Olympics _______ every two years.
  10. 18. The Olympic Games originated in _______.
  11. 22. Not bound to slavery
  12. 26. The city that hosted the most recent Games