Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Athletes' bodies dazzle



ESPN Body Issue
Omar Gonzalez, professional soccer player


ESPN The Magazine is releasing its 6th annual Body Issue this week and "Good Morning America" got a sneak peek. As always, the magazine shows athletes in all their glory to, "unapologetically stand in awe of the athletes who've pushed their physiques to profound frontiers."


See below a few of the athletes featured in this year's magazine. ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue 2014 hits newsstands July 11.


ESPN Body Issue
Nigel Sylvester, professional BMX rider


All off: Venus (pictured) follows in her sister Serena's footsteps - who appeared on the debut cover of ESPN's Body Issue in 2009 - and opens up about her struggles with Sjogren's syndrome, an autoimmune disorder that caused her to drop out of tennis for six months between 2011 and 2012

Venus Williams, professional tennis player

ESPN Body Issue
Michael Phelps, Multiple Olympic Swimming Gold Medalist


ESPN Body Issue
Amy Purdy, Paralympic snowboarder

ESPN Body Issue

Jimmy Spithill, Oracle Team USA skipper

Surf's up: Hawaiian-born professional surfer Coco Ho (pictured) trades her wetsuit for her birthday suit in the name of this animated spread
Coco Ho, professional surfer



Serge Ibaka, professional basketballer


Tennis anyone? Czechoslovakian tennis star Tomas Berdych (pictured) gamely ditches his shorts - to great effect - as he poses for the risque issue
Tomas Berdych


Bracing the cold: Olympic gold-medal-winning snowboarder Jamie Anderson (pictured) may be flaunting her upper body here, but names another part of her slender physique as her 'favorite' asset. 'My freakin' booty!' she says
Jamie Anderson, Snow boarder


He knows it: Super Bowl champion Marshawn Lynch (pictured), a running back for the Seattle Seahawks, says of his buff form, 'I'm cool with my body, I love my body. I wouldn't trade it for no other body'
Marshawn Lynch


Ravishing: Six nude sports icons each star on their own special covers for ESPN's sixth annual Body Issue, including tennis champion Venus Williams (pictured)


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