Britain's Olympic Athletes Star In Naked Ad Campaign (PHOTOS)

In a new ad campaign for Powerade, British Olympians have stripped bare. The athletes are nude while performing their various sports. The Daily Mail describes one of the nude Olympians thusly:

Muscles taut and face locked in concentration, this is Rebecca Romero, who will be representing Britain in the Olympic games later this month.

With a carefully placed arm and thigh to protect her modesty, she appears to be in perfect physical condition ahead of what will be a gruelling race in Beijing.

The 28-year-old, who won a sliver medal in rowing at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, only took up cycling seriously in March 2006 after doctors recommended the sport to combat muscle fatigue she was experiencing.

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Comments

[Lost Soul]

Wow great photos!!!!

[scornflakes]

That's nice and everything, but let me know when Blanka Vlasic does a nude high jump. *rowr*

[OneEarthling]

Raw machines. Beautiful.

[bhrandon]

i call dibs on sniffing that bike seat!

[ApolloniaCreed]

ewwww....

[whatsthatsound]

Maybe if you're lucky you'll be reincarnated as one.

[shel3364]

A fit human body is truly a work of art.

[Sundialsvc4]

These photographs are tasteful and superbly done. (How they got that exact shot of (swimmer) Gregor Tait is .. "like .. wow.")

The human body -is- "fearfully and wonderfully made," and you -can- create a photograph that glorifies that physique "at the top of its form." It is a marvelous thing to see... and sexuality and genitalia have nothing at all to do with it. These photographs are, I think, among the very best examples of that difficult genre, and sincere compliments are due both to the photographic teams and to the athletes themselves.

Incredibly difficult project ... amazingly beautiful bodies ... tastefully and powerfully done. Congratulations.

[IamPhenom]

We have such a puritanical view of nudity in the USA. The human body is a beautiful work of art, not something to be shunned as evil and wrong. We make fun of cultures that cover their women, yet then we overreact about things like seeing Janet Jackson's partially covered nipple, and hold Congressional hearings as if seeing a nipple was going to bring down our entire society.

[PAposter]

Beautiful.

[Chicago1968]

How can I win a gold if I have a woody?

[Strywever]

Grow up.

[smilodon1]

We don't want you around anymore. Beat it!

[chinacatsunflower]

LOL "beat it" LOL

[steveRB]

are you sure someone will notice?

[GrayGaffer]

This is how it should be. Remember, the original Olympics were contested in the nude. Only Roman Catholic (and its descendants) prudism forced a change.

[Gasparilla]

Not defending the Catholic Church, but wasn't there about a 2000 year gap in the Olympics until the modern games began in 1896?

[BADEN]

They are beautiful works of art...

"Kids, don't try this at home"

[TrevorAlan]

Bicycling is bad naked, sorry.

[dwillisno1]

Right. Think "in the drops and out of the saddle!!" Don't draft to close.

[RaraAvis17]

I will take a POSTER size picture of the swimmer please... ;o)

[devilyousay]

The human body really is the most beautiful piece of art ever created.

[clsmithj]

What the hell is this Olympic porn?

[Strywever]

It's art. You're an idiot.

[NamvetPR]

You must be a republican.