The phrase "athletes bringing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing actions or contributions made by athletes, often in the context of events, competitions, or teamwork.
Example: "The athletes bringing their best performances to the competition inspired everyone in the audience."
Alternatives: "athletes contributing" or "athletes delivering".
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".
College basketball players among other college athletes bring home the bacon for athletic programs.
They are the varsity athletes brought onto campus by schools that claim both to shun athletic scholarships and to honor the scholar-athlete ideal.
Athletes bring a lot to the campus.
In every case, these special athletes brought their sports to peaks of popularity.
"But you have to appreciate that there are rare times when athletes bring forward convincing proof that it was not intentional.
