Connect the Lingo

By: Hannah Kazemi, Staff Writer

Word Bank: 20, bullet, pick six, pommel horse, Christine Sinclair, skeleton, Peter Forsberg, football, 10, kiss and cry

1. This athlete holds the record for most international goals.
2. What sport is known as a “game of inches?”
3. There are typically ______ cars in a Formula 1 race.
4. The running portion of an Olympic triathlon is ______ km long.
5. After a skating routine, competitors go to the __________ area to wait for their scores.
6. “I don’t believe it! The football was intercepted and taken all the way down the field for a ________.” 
7. In _________, athletes slide head first down the track. 
8. Archers sometimes refer to their arrow as a  _________.
9. This athlete has a shootout move named after them. 
10. One apparatus in men’s gymnastics is the  ____________.

Answer Key: 

1) Christine Sinclair 

2) football

3) 20

4) 10

5) kiss and cry 

6) pick six

7) skeleton 

8) bullet

9) Peter Forsberg

10) pommel horse