The world is currently in the midst of Olympic fever as the 2008 Games take place in Beijing. The great thing about world class athletes is that they're extremely fit in more ways than one. Even if you're not a great fan of sport, there is at least one thing you can appreciate during the competition and that's the glorious sight of the human bodies at peak fitness. To celebrate the Olympics, we've put together a gallery of the sexiest athletes from this year's games. Enjoy!
Sexy Olympic Athletes - Usain Bolt
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| Jamaica's Usain Bolt, or 'Lightning Bolt' as some like to call him, has stolen much of the limelight during the Games, winning gold in the 100m and 200m finals and stealing world and Olympic records along the way. The sprinter's muscular 6'5" frame and charismatic persona (he often plays up to the cameras) haven't gone unnoticed either. |
Sexy Olympic Athletes - Nastia Liukin
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| Nineteen-year-old Russian-American gymnast, Nastia Liukin, has won five medals during this year's Olympics in Beijing, equalling a record set in 1992. The attractive blonde is also a model for cosmetic line CoverGirl and has appeared in several advertisements. |
Sexy Olympic Athletes - Rafael Nadal
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| Welcome to the gun show. There aren't many tennis players out there with the same rippling physique as 22-year-old Spaniard Rafael Nadal. Just as there aren't many who have five grand slams, a number one ranking and, having just won the Men's Singles title in Beijing, an Olympic gold medal. |
Sexy Olympic Athletes - Amanda Beard
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| American swimmer Amanda Beard may have failed to win any medals during this year's Olympics, however she is continuing to have success in her modelling career and has posed nude for both Playboy and animal rights group PETA in recent years. The 27-year-old is also rumoured to be dating 14-time Olympic gold medallist Michael Phelps. |
Sexy Olympic Athletes - Michael Phelps
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| Michael Phelps went into the Beijing Olympics with a very ambitious goal - eight gold medals in eight races. And the 23-year-old did just that, smashing the record for the most gold medals won by an Olympian in any sport. |
Sexy Olympic Athletes - Bryony Shaw
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| Bryony Shaw cried with joy after winning the Bronze medal for Britain in the windsurfing during this year's Games and proclaimed just how happy she was, using an expletive, live on the BBC. We'll let her off though, well done Bryony! |
Sexy Olympic Athletes - Louis Smith
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| Louis Smith is the first Briton to win an individual medal in Olympic gymnastics for 100 years. He's not only talented and good looking, but humble too: "It had its good and bad side in the end - we didn't get the gold because I made a slight error, but it won me a medal," he said of the pommel horse competition. |
Sexy Olympic Athletes - Jiang Tingting and Jiang Wenwen
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| Twins Jiang Tingting and Jiang Wenwen have been competing in the synchronised swimming competitions of the Olympics in their home country of China. Not just one beauty, but two! |
Sexy Olympic Athletes - Michael Bingham
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| Michael Bingham is only 22 years old. I know, we couldn't believe it either! The sprinter trains alongside three others in the 4 x 400m relay for Team GB. |
Sexy Olympic Athletes - Natalie Coughlin
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| American swimmer Natalie Coughlin is grinning broadly because she is going home from Beijing this year with six medals, including one gold. She is the belle of the US swim team, having become the first American female athlete to win six medals in one Olympics. |
Sexy Olympic Athletes - Raj Bhavsar
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| Raj Bhavsar earned a bronze medal in the Olympic Games in Beijing after replacing an injured teammate at the last minute. Just check out those muscles of steel holding the American-born Asian up. |
Sexy Olympic Athletes - Katy Livingston
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| Another Brit, Katy Livingston competed in the modern pentathlon which consists of shooting, fencing, swimming, riding and running. |
Sexy Olympic Athletes - Alhaji Jeng
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| The pole vault is a sport which requires bucket loads of strength and energy, which Alhaji Jeng appears to store in his muscular legs. This Gambian-born Swede has also tried his hand at acting. |
Sexy Olympic Athletes - Stephanie Rice
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| It seems Aussie Stephanie Rice, swimmer and glamour girl, likes to keep it in the pool. Her previous relationship with fellow Australian swimmer, Eamon Sullivan, ended just prior to the Beijing Olympics. Now it has been rumoured that she has been getting close to wonder-man Phelps. |
Sexy Olympic Athletes - Demetrius Andrade
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| Demetrius Andrade is representing America in the boxing in Bejing, and we're hoping he remembers to protect his face while he's in the ring! |
Sexy Olympic Athletes - Jennie Finch
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| Her looks and talent as a pitcher have made her arguably one of the most well-known softball players of all time. Like fellow Olympian Amanda Beard, 27-year-old American Jennie Finch also has a burgeoning modelling career away from sport, but she prefers to keep her clothes on. |
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