The phrase "athlete bringing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are describing an athlete who is bringing something, such as skills, energy, or equipment, to a situation or event.
Example: "The athlete bringing her best performance to the competition impressed the judges."
Alternatives: "athlete delivering" or "athlete contributing".
His victory, yet another for a Yorkshire athlete, brought Great Britain's gold haul for 2012 level with Beijing in 2008.
An ESPN contributor on the history of black athletes bringing politics onto the field.
The idea has taken hold that Russia's human-rights violations, while worthy of condemnation, should not stand in the way of American athletes bringing home the gold.
Meanwhile we have had to suffer the spectacle of the Olympian ideal this summer, with vast parades of hyper-fit athletes bringing guilt to we slugabeds.
He's looking forward to some "gay and lesbian athletes" bringing home medals as a rejection of the Russian government's anti-gay policies.
And one of the things I'm really looking forward to is maybe some gay and lesbian athletes bringing home the gold or silver or bronze, which I think would go a long way in rejecting the kind of attitudes that we're seeing there.
That's also why there are press conferences, and, although Obama's opening statement dealt only with the N.S.A., the questions ranged farther, from Obamacare to his genuine puzzlement that anyone would want to shut down the government to his hope that resurgent Russian homophobia would be countered by "some gay and lesbian athletes bringing home the gold or silver or bronze".
"One of the things I'm really looking forward to is maybe some gay and lesbian athletes bringing home the gold or silver or bronze, which I think would go a long way in rejecting the kind of attitudes that we're seeing there," Obama said.
"This has greatly enhanced the opportunity for success and increased the chance of our British athletes bringing home medals".
