"lead competition" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are talking about being the leader in a competition. For example, "Our team is in the lead competition for the championship title."
Atopia's accusations follow claims last year by Hull artist Lee Merrill Sendall that Boyle's opening ceremony design was copied from a project he had submitted in 2009 to Locog's Artists Taking the Lead competition.
The OFT has powers to refer issues to the CMA, created by the coalition to replace the Competition Commission to become the lead competition body, but said it had not yet concluded if there were grounds for a full referral after a "market study" into the market for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
9In April 2014, a new body, the Competition and Markets Authority, will become the UK's lead competition and consumer body.
Deflation and price led competition will continue to be a key driver of sales growth for some time yet," added Watkins.
In mammals that produce multiple offspring, the differences can lead to competition for resources in the womb.
The traditional view holds that resource similarities lead to competition.
The company continues to lead the competition with the largest Home Theater HDTV available at 73".
This study focuses on physiological constraints that lead to competition for survival between immune system cell types.
This will lead to competition between kin and non-kin and has consequences for virulence evolution and host-pathogen epidemiology.
"It would be a mistake to place various sources of lead in competition with each other.
Performance- or output-based incentives could lead to competition or neglect of unpaid tasks, hampering CHW performance [ 29, 49].
