The phrase "are able to compete" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing someone's capability or capacity to participate in a competition or contest.
Example: "With their extensive training and experience, the athletes are able to compete at the highest level."
Alternatives: "can compete" or "are capable of competing."
"Businesses need employees who are able to compete in a global marketplace," she explains.
In most other sports you are able to compete till you are 35-40.
Athletes from other countries who have served previous bans, such as the American sprinter Justin Gatlin, are able to compete.
How is it possible that savings accounts with a tougher set of restrictions than the rest of the market are able to compete with more mainstream products?
They contend that costs decline with growth and that some industries must reach a minimum size before they are able to compete with well-established industries abroad.
"If we were to lose, we will absolutely embrace any athletes that are able to compete as a result of the bylaw potentially falling away," he said.
"The BOA's absolute priority is to do everything possible to ensure that the athletes are able to compete in the Vancouver Games as members of Team GB.
And, as Mr. Muir wrote in The Guardian, black soccer players in Britain are able to compete with far less "serial indignity" than their counterparts on some Italian teams.
Transport investment will ensure the maximum economic benefit to the UK as a whole – by investing in the regions as well as ensuring that major cities are able to compete in the world economy".
The day after Knutson sent her retirement text to Aspaas, she posted a message on her Facebook page that read: "If you are able to compete collegiately for a university, consider yourself more than blessed!!
That highlights the growing disaffection of collectors from a field where too little great art remains available, and where prices have shot up to levels where few other than international institutions and billionaires are able to compete.
