Supermen and women of the athletic world strip down for ESPN's Body Issue

Go ahead and take a good look at some of the planet's top athlete's who have dared to bare it all for ESPN's fourth annual 'The Body Issue'.

Ripped and toned, these sportsmen and women represent the limits to which the human body can be pushed and have been recruited from the leagues of the NBA, the rolling waves of Brazil and the tough competition of the Olympic Games.

With a special slant this year on the 2012 London Olympics, 'The Body Issue' includes a total of 27-world-class athletes all in the buff, from 7-foot-1, 240-pound basketball star Tyson Chandler to lithe Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira.

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