Sporting Origins

She had always had a real fear of the water since childhood, but she____ signed up for swimming lessons to conquer this.

• endure

• devise

• resolutely

• happen to

The practice of drug taking for performance enhancement by Olympic athletes was____ in 1968 by the international Olympic Committee.

• onwards

• outlawed

• testimony

• stave off

Throughout his distinguished cycling career, he_____denied taking drugs, which he now confesses was untrue.

• categorically

• resolutely

• prior to

• happen to

Her last____saw her kayaking 2,000 miles down the Amazon River to raise a huge amount of money for charity.

• inscription

• exploit

• categorically

• ironically

They ran out of food during the week-long trek through the mountains and were chewing leaves and stones to____hunger pangs.

• devise

• stave off

• inscription

• happen to

The practice of taking drugs to enhance athletic performance____began in Ancient Greece.

• elated

• stave off

• outlawed

• supposedly

The____on the base of the trophy read: 'This trophy is awarded to the Champion of Champions.'

• supposedly

• ironically

• inscription

• resolutely

From 1930 _____, the first amphetamines were produced, although they were not widely available until a few decades later.

• elated

• onwards

• prior to

• testimony

In 1991, twenty ex-East German swimming coaches admitted in a _____ to giving anabolic steroids to their athletes during the 1970s.

• exploit

• testimony

• endure

• none of above

In 1774, a group of golfers in Edinburgh, Scotland decided to ____ the first standardized rules for the game as we now know it.

• prior to

• supposedly

• inscription

• devise