The Olympics are the best sports showcase for the beauty of the human body, male and female. One bonus of hours of insane training and diet is a rockin' bod, and we all notice, gay, straight or somewhere else on the spectrum.
As one Olympian told ESPN the Magazine, "Even if their face is a 7, their body is a 20." Below, in honor of the XXX Olympiad, are the XXX best bodies, male division. We also have a gallery of the best women, selected by Lucy Hallowell of AfterEllen.com.
These are highly subjective picks, heavy on Americans and certain sports where we see more skin. I know there are terrific bodies on European, South American, Asian and African athletes, but I have seen very few of them, and hope to do a follow-up gallery after the Games.
The Olympics are the best sports showcase for the beauty of the human body, male and female. One bonus of hours of insane training and diet is a rockin' bod, and we all notice, gay, straight or somewhere else on the spectrum.
As one Olympian told ESPN the Magazine, "Even if their face is a 7, their body is a 20." Below, in honor of the XXX Olympiad, are the XXX best bodies, male division. We also have a gallery of the best women, selected by Lucy Hallowell of AfterEllen.com.
These are highly subjective picks, heavy on Americans and certain sports where we see more skin. I know there are terrific bodies on European, South American, Asian and African athletes, but I have seen very few of them, and hope to do a follow-up gallery after the Games.
Post any comments, along with any other athlete you like.
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Alain Bernard (Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)
Alex Naddour (Kyle Terada-US PRESSWIRE)
Andreas Thorkildsen (Michael Steele/Getty Images)
Ashton Eaton (Scott Olmos-US PRESSWIRE)
Chris Brooks (Stew Milne-US PRESSWIRE)
Christophe Lemaitre (Mark Dadswell/Getty Images)
Craig Kinsley (Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-US PRESSWIRE)
Hans Van Alphen (Photo by Trackpic. Follow his track updates on Facebook)
Jake Dalton (Kyle Terada-US PRESSWIRE)
Jake Herbert (Kevin Jairaj-US PRESSWIRE)
James Magnussen (Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)
Jayden Hadler (Jonathan Wood/Getty Images)
Jordan Burroughs (Jim Cowsert-US PRESSWIRE)
Justin Gatlin (Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-US PRESSWIRE)
Justin Lester (Jim Cowsert-US PRESSWIRE)
LeBron James (Gary A. Vasquez-US PRESSWIRE)
Luca Dotto (Feng Li/Getty Images)
Matthew Mitcham (Chris Hyde)
Maurice Mitchell (Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-US PRESSWIRE)
Nathan Adrian (Andrew Weber-US PRESSWIRE)
Nick Symmonds (From Symmonds' Twitter feed)
Pascal Behrenbruch (Photo by Trackpic. Follow his track updates on Facebook)
Jake Dalton (Kyle Terada-US PRESSWIRE)
Philipp Boy (Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
Prashanth Sellathurai (Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)
Ricky Berens (Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-US PRESSWIRE)
Ryan Lochte (Andrew Weber-US PRESSWIRE)
Sam Mikulak (Kyle Terada-US PRESSWIRE)
Tony Azevedo (Kevin Jairaj-US PRESSWIRE)
Trey Hardee (Photo by Trackpic. Follow his track updates on Facebook)
Jake Dalton (Kyle Terada-US PRESSWIRE)
Usain Bolt (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)