Question

In 1967, the use of drugs by (11) _________________ in the Olympics was banned. Before modern drugs became a problem, athletes has tried all sorts of ways to get an unfair advantage, including drinking a (12) ________________ of alcohol and raw egg before a race, hoping for an (13) ___________________ in their times, and Thomas Hicks, the gold (14) ____________ in the marathon in 1904, actually drank brandy during the race! (15) _________________, in 1960, a Danish athlete died after taking drugs and the (16) __________________ was taken to outlaw certain substances. Today, there are (17) ____________________ chemicals that athletes are not allowed to take during (18) ___________________ and officials randomly test athletes for (19) ____________________ of these drugs. Athletes today who are found to have these (20) _______________ performance-enhancing drugs in their system may be banned from competing.

COMPETE
MIX IMPROVE MEDAL FORTUNE DECIDE COUNT TRAIN EVIDENT HARM

Answer 1

11 competitors

12 mixture

13 improvement

14 medalist

15 Unfortunately

16 decision

17 countless

18 training

19 evidence

20 harmful