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Olympians featured nude in ESPN’s ‘Body Issue’

(ESPN The Magazine)

A number of U.S. Olympic athletes including decathlete Ashton Eaton and members of the U.S. women's volleyball team are featured in ESPN The Magazine's upcoming Body Issue, which annually features athletes photographed in the nude.

U.S. women's volleyball team (ESPN The Magazine)

[ Photos: U.S. Olympic volleyball team in action ]

Basketball forward Tyson Chandler (ESPN The Magazine)

Gymnast Dannell Leyva (ESPN The Magazine)

Gold-medal sailor Anna Tunnicliffe (ESPN The Magazine)

"It's a very artistic shoot," New York Knicks center Tyson Chandler told ESPN, "and seeing that in past issues made me want to do it."

Click here to see full photographs from the issue.

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2 China 38 27 23 88
3 Great Britain 29 17 19 65
4 Russia 24 26 32 82
5 South Korea 13 8 7 28
6 Germany 11 19 14 44
7 France 11 11 12 34
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