The phrase "athletic challenge" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a competition or activity that tests physical abilities and skills, often in a sports context.
Example: "The marathon was not just a race; it was an athletic challenge that pushed participants to their limits."
Alternatives: "sports challenge" or "physical challenge".
This is a real athletic challenge, not some sort of hype.
A long ride can become an athletic challenge, but it's lovely to be alone with your thoughts.
At the age of 61, Diana Nyad is taking on an athletic challenge that she could not complete in her 20s.
But I hope that hiking trails are not now seen as just another athletic challenge to be overcome or some other linear distance suitable only for a race.
"For me, it's two challenges: the athletic challenge and the challenge of getting others to sponsor and give to the cause".
David McPhail, the president of the Texas Rugby Union, believes rugby appeals as a sport with fewer pauses, more playing time and a more varied athletic challenge than football.
Think of Jane Tomlinson, who, despite terminal cancer, spent the years before her death last year engaged in heroic athletic challenges.
Having been attracted initially by its athletic challenges, Peers fell in love with wheelchair basketball as much for the community and culture around it.
Without Nadal as a reminder of his limitations, Federer might have become complacent by age 30 instead of remaining hungry for more titles, more travels, more athletic challenges, even with twin daughters in tow.
21, 1964, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Eng. died Sept. 3, 2007, Leeds, West Yorkshire) British cancer activist and fund-raiser who after being diagnosed with incurable cancer, raised £1.75 million (about $3.57 million) for cancer research and charity through a series of donor-sponsored marathon runs and other athletic challenges.
A number of athletic challenges, including an obstacle course in the Roman garden and an Easter egg hunt on Easter Sunday are planned.
