Olympics Crossword – Name the events
Across
2These musical events can see individuals or teams rolling, jumping, tumbling with or without equipment. (8,10)
5In water keep straight turn quickly. (8)
6This event needs a racket and a shuttlecock. (9)
12Event Robin Hood would be excellent at. (7)
13You need a good wind for this event. (7)
16How much weight can you lift. (13)
17A martial art whose name means to 'strike or break with foot'. (9)
18You need a sword called an Epee for this event. (7)
20This is quite a bouncy event. (10)
22An event with two teams, two nets and a ball, but unlike football you are allowed to touch it with your hand. (8)
24This is the long distance biking event. (4,7)
25This event is normally played on a sandy beach. (10)
27For this event you have to run, bike and swim. (9)
29This event is the only sport where competitors cross the finish line backwards. (6)
30A modern biking event. (3,7)
31These events can be on different apparatus and can be as short at 30 seconds long to 90 seconds. (8,10)
Down
1An event where the aim is to navigate a kayak through a course of hanging gates on river rapids in the fastest time possible. (5,6)
3How fast can you get your kayak to the finishing line? (5,6)
4Aim and fire for this event. (8)
7A biking events which will take the competitors though the hills and woods of the host country. (8,4,7)
8A seven-a-side game played by swimmers in a pool, with a ball like a volleyball that is thrown into the opponent's net (5,4)
9An event with five sports: pistol shooting, epée fencing, 200 m freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a 3 km cross-country run. (6,10)
10This event can see you jumping from various heights into water and somersaulting while you do it. (6)
11An indoor game based on tennis, played with small paddles and a ball bounced on a table divided by a net (5,6)
14No double bounces in this event. (10)
15Got to get your opponent on the mat and hold him there for a point. (9)
18An event which originates from Great Britain but is played all over the world with 11 men or women per side. (8)
19A martial art whose name means 'the gentle way'. (4)
21This is a long word which means horses. (10)
23This is the collective name which includes the running, jumping and throwing events. (9)
26A fight where two people try to punch each other. (6)
28For this event on grass each member of the team has a stick and the goalie wears a lot of padding on the legs. (6)