Athletics

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A fresh team to relieve weary draft animals (5)
  2. 3. Any long object resembling a thin line (plural) (7)
  3. 8. Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc (6)
  4. 10. To share in something (11)
  5. 11. Two or more draft animals that work together to pull something (4)
  6. 13. A competition that involves ___ as ___ as possible over a horizontal bar (8)
  7. 15. To run very fast, usually for a short distance (6)
  8. 16. An athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible (6)

Down

  1. 2. A competition that involves ___ as far as possible from a running start (8)
  2. 4. Enjoyment; what a good game gives you (3)
  3. 5. An award for success in war or hunting (6)
  4. 6. A line or route along which something travels or moves (5)
  5. 7. A cry or shout of approval (5)
  6. 9. An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition (9)
  7. 12. Moving fast on foot (7)
  8. 14. A light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races (plural) (7)