Tokyo 2020 Olympics Crossword

Answers will be published in the July 30th edition

Across

1 With 28 medals, he's the most

decorated Olympian of all time (7,6) 9 Boxer who lit Olympic cauldron at

1996 Atlanta Games (8,3)

16 Estonian wrestling medalist August

___ (3)

17 The first ___ in Olympic swimming history occurred in 1984; 2 athletes thus received gold (3)

19 Tivadar Dienes-___, polo athlete in

1936, later died in WWII action (3) 20 This Tibetan capital was a brief stop in

the torch relay in 2008 (5)

21 First Olympics host city (6)

22 Animal mascot of Montreal 1976

Games (6)

23 A dove of ___ is part of the Olympic

Truce logo (5)

24 The Ancient Olympics honored Zeus,

the ___ of the sky (3)

26 ___ Mcnay will sail in his 4th Olympics

this year (3)

27 ___ Swahn, a Swedish shooter, was

oldest gold medalist at 64 (5) 28 Pronoun for a lifeless object (2)

30 In Ancient Olympics, athletes wore no

___ (7)

33 American English; abbr. (2)

34 City that delayed Games due to

pandemic (5)

35 Swimmer David Plummer suffered

from sleep ___ (5)

37 The Ancient Olympics flourished

during the Classical ___ (3)

38 Mark Spitz ___ to 7 golds in 1972 in

Munich (4)

40 Symbol for iron (2)

41 Elizabeth Beisel brought Olympic glory

to this tiny state; abbr. (2)

42 Opposite of p.m. (2)

43 Cyclist Chris ___ won 7 medals for the

U.K. (3)

45 In the U.S., 2016 was the 1st year you could ___ on Olympic results in 15 years (3)

47 Jason Kenny did this to earn 7

Olympic medals, just like fellow countryman Hoy (6)

50 Everything is satisfactory (2)

51 ___ Joyner won triple jump gold in

1984 (2)

53 Tree juice (3)

55 ___ Louis hosted the Games in 1904; the 1st Olympics held outside Europe (2)

56 Short form of hello (2)

57 Abbr. for 'Olympic Best,' seen in

heptathlon and decathlon (2)

59 Land's ___ was starting point for London torch relay in 2012 (3)

At the 1964 Tokyo Games, 420 people in the athletes' village received birthday ___ (4)

63 Wave-riding sport added to this year's

Olympics (7)

67 The 2012 triathlon occurred in

London's Hyde ___ (4)

68 First name of swimmer Litherland and

sport shooter Shi (3)

71 Larry ___ won basketball gold as part

of America's Dream Team in 1992 (4) 73 Swimming events at the 1900 Paris

Games occurred in the River ___ (5) 74 Jamaican sprinting star with 8 recent track & field Olympic gold medals

(4)

76 25,000 loaves of ___ were consumed in the 2012 athletes' village (5)

79 U.S. beat Canada on a ___ court in 1936, when basketball became an official sport at Games (4) 81 Canadian cyclist Derek ___ (3) 82 Sprinter Palmer or baseball legend

Aaron (4)

83 This striped big cat was the Seoul

1988 mascot (5)

86 Twins Tom and Terry Brands both brought wrestling medals home to this state; abbr. (2)

88 Number of years usually between

each Summer Olympics (4)

90 ___ Kong won its 1st medal in

1996 (4)

91 You wish; texting abbr. (2)

92 British athletes had matching

uniforms & ___ in 2016 (7)

94 A prisoner's statement of guilt or

innocence (4)

95 Popular cheese choice at the

Athens athletes' village (4)

96 Only country to have won at least one gold at every modern Summer Olympics (7)

97 Host city in 1932 and 1984 (2)

98 First place medal metal (4)

100 Ten different yogurts were on

the ___ at Rio's athletes' village (4) 102 Neural network; abbr. (2)

103 When training, Michael Phelps did this for 2 to 3 hrs each afternoon

(5)

105 One of the colors of the Olympic

rings (4)

106 ___ de Janeiro hosted in 2016 (3)

108 The 10,000-meter event consists of

25 ___ around an Olympic track (4) 110 Ethiopian Abebe Bikila won the

1960 marathon, running without

___ (5)

113 Nationality (abbr.) of Olympian Sir Steve Redgrave, who won 5 gold rowing medals in 5 consecutive

Games (4)

114 Japanese marathoner Naoko Takahashi would eat 50 pieces of

___ after a training run (5)

116 Fears of COVID led to a '___

Tokyo Olympics' petition (4)

118 ___-Jo was the fastest woman of

all time (3)

119 You could only compete in the 1st

Modern Games if you were this (3) 120 Post-war shortages meant athletes brought their own ___ to 1948 Games (4)

121 Sword-based sport that's been part of

every Games (7)

123 Kimia Alizadeh defected from ___, the

country's only female medalist (4)

126 Butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle are all part of this individual event; abbr. (2)

128 Brothers Sumner and John ___ both won medals at the 1896 Athens Games in shooting events (5)

129 A pair of two people (3)

130 Building supply co. that sponsored American Olympic team (3)

132 British diver ___ Daley was just 14 when competing in Beijing 2008 (3) 134 __ Lin is the only male table tennis player to win Olympic gold in singles, doubles and team (2)

135 Swimmer Josh ___ was flagbearer at the 2008 Olympics for U.S. Virgin Islands (5)

138 Domain name; abbr. (2) 139 Pound; abbr. (2)

141 The 1st official Summer Olympic mascot was this type of dog, in Munich 1972 (9)

143 __ Eagan is one of only two who have won gold at both Summer & Winter Games (2)

144 Very strong winds (5)

148 Serial number; abbr. (2)

149 Eric 'the ___' Moussambani had never seen an Olympic-sized pool before competing in 2000 (3)

151 Aladar Gerevich won gold in fencing; so did his wife, son and father-__-___ (2-3)

153 Racket sport that became an official

event in 1992 (9)

157 A stiff fiber for ropes and rugs (5)

159 Sports Illustrated says medalist Willye ___ was one of the 100 greatest female athletes of last century (5)

161 Abbreviated formula for sulfur

monoxide (2)

162 Football Association; abbr. (2)

163 A wild mountain goat (4)

165 Another name for gym class (2)

166 Gymnast___ Comaneci scored perfect

10s in 1976 (5)

167 Coca-___ first sponsored Games in

1928 in Amsterdam (4)

169 Footballer Fortunato Franco was born

in this part of India (3)

171 Trischa ___ has won most Paralympic

medals, 55 (4)

172 Vital equipment in archery event (5)

173 Swerve (4)

175 District attorney; abbr. (2)

177 A soccer score equal to zero (3)

178 At 39, Jenny Bindon, nee ___, was oldest athlete in 2012 Olympic women's football (5)

180 Olympic motto is Faster, ___, ___

(7,7)

181 Famous track hero from 1936 Games;

won 4 gold (5,5)

Down

1 1st city in southern hemisphere to host

Olympics, in 1956 (9)

2 Britton ___ won a gold medal in sailing

in 1952 (6)

3 A word formed by rearranging the

letters of another word (7)

4 Initials of 13-time Swedish diving

champion (2)

5 Marathoners often do carbo-___ the

day before the race (7)

6 Archie ___ was 1st athlete to win both 100m and 200m races at the same Games (4)

7 CIA headquarters (7)

8 Street; abbr. (2)

9 Most deferential, mildest (7)

10 A home for bees (4)

11 This type of code was used to transmit

results at early Games (5)

12 Must have; texting abbr. (2) 13 Olympian, and now convicted murderer, Oscar Pistorius is a double ___ (7)

14 Two-time Olympic champion Charley

Paddock died in a plane crash in this state (6)

15 Strangely, this sport debuted at the 1920 Summer Games before being moved to the Winter Olympics (3,6) 18 On Tiktok, the abbreviation for

'inspired by' (2)

25 Knife wound (4)

29 Symbol for tellurium (2)

31 Where surgeries occur (2)

32 A direction in the lower left of a

compass (2)

33 Swimmer ___ Van Dyken won 4 gold

in 1996 Atlanta Games (3)

36 Eureka! (3)

39 Appear in a play (3)

40 To behave as if you're interested in

someone (5)

42 __ Oerter was the 1st athlete to win the same event (discus) at 4 consecutive Olympics (2)

44 Roman equivalent of Greek goddess

Rhea (3)

46 An online magazine (1-4)

48 Gymnasts use powdered ___ on their

hands (5)

49 Taekwon__ was officially added to the

Games in 2000 in Sydney (2)

51 A commercial (2)

52 Where doping tests are analyzed (3) 53 Printing flourish in typography (5) 54 ___ Louganis won 5 diving medals (4) 55 When tennis returned to Games in

1988, she won gold; initials (2) 58 Swimmer __ Bedford won 4x100

medley relay gold in 2000 (2) 60 Negative conjunction (3)

62 A baby goat (3)

64 Country leading all-time medal count;

abbr. (2)

65 Feudal land (4)

66 Opposite of SW (2)

67 China has won the most table tennis,

or ping-___, medals (4)

69 Some people want ___ throwing to be

added as an Olympic sport (3)

70 The Games went to this continent for

the 1st time in 2016; abbr. (2)

72 North Korea was 1st country to ___ __ of Tokyo Olympics, citing COVID-19 (4,3)

74 Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake ate 16

of these each day (7)

75 Mary Lou Retton graced this mag's

cover after winning gold; abbr. (2) 76 Most decorated U.S. gymnast Simone

___ (5)

77 Mascot for 1984 L.A. Games (5)

78 Our genetic 'fingerprint' (3)

80 A stiff, sheer fabric, oft used for veils

or ballet costumes (5)

82 A few athletes opt to stay in a ___ instead of the athletes' village each Olympics (5)

83 Alvin & Calvin Harrison were the first ___ to win Olympic gold on the same relay team (5)

84 A popular, crunchy choice for an

athlete's breakfast or snack (7)

85 The Olympic flag features five of these

(5)

87 Swimmer Ryan Lochte eats 5 to 6 of these each breakfast, when training

(3)

89 Most popular color on countries' flags

(3)

90 Skirt's edge (3)

91 The Olympic flame is placed in one of these containers, before being given to a host country (3)

93 ___ Martin was the first Aussie to

medal in a throwing event (4)

98 A demo sport at the 1936 Games in

Berlin (7)

99 U.S. has won 40 medals in this throwing event for men & women since 1896 (6)

101 Anxious and tense (7)

104 South American pack & wool animal

(5)

105 Standing long jump is also known as

the standing ___ jump (5)

106 Father Peter and daughter Cathleen ___both competed in Olympic pool sports for Germany (4)

107 Gary Hall Jr., winner of 10 Olympic

medals, was born in this Buckeye

state (4)

109 Spanish composer & guitarist

Fernando ___ (3)

111 High frequency; abbr. (2)

112 Executive order; abbr. (2)

113 Hit on the head (3)

114 Special edition; abbr. (2)

115 Opposite of out (2)

117 Trails (5)

119 Olympic athletes can be measured at

one-___ of a second (9)

121 Slang for fellow (5)

122 Bat and seabird excrement (5)

124 Persons, places and things (5)

125 Alabama-born star athlete with 9 track

& field Olympic gold medals (4,5)

127 Las Vegas-born tennis star who won

gold in 1996; initials (2)

131 1964 boxing gold medalist Joe Frazier

was born in this state (2)

133 Equestrian Becky Holder hailed from

this state, the Gopher State (2)

136 Nickname of flyweight boxer Scotty

Olson (7)

137 Music genre that followed punk rock

(3,4)

140 There are about 18,000 of these at

this year's athletes' village (4)

142 When someone should rightly receive

something (7)

145 In 1912___ Kiviat ran to a silver in the 1st Olympic race that used a photo finish to determine winner (4)

146 Urban haze that was a concern ahead

of 2008 Beijing Games (4)

147 Not behaving according to principles

of equality and justice (6)

150 Executive assistant; abbr. (2)

152 Behaviors or habits considered sinful

or wicked (5)

154 Marie-josee __ Lou finished fourth in

both her races at 2016 Games (2)

155 Greek myth prototype of bereaved

mother (5)

156 One of two tennis sisters who each

won 4 gold (5)

158 Intellectual property rights; abbr. (3) 160 A wrongful act that is cause for a

lawsuit (4)

164 Slang for brothers (4)

168 Much ___ About Nothing (3)

170 Mexico has hosted this number of

Olympic Games (3)

172 I'll take that as _ __ (1,2)

174 Hospital department for urgent care

(2)

176 Indefinite article (2)

179 Second note of scale, after do (2) Puzzle created by Monica Zurowski