Athletes pose naked for ESPN

Every year ESPN launches a special edition magazine called 'the Body Issue'. In it, you see sports stars doing what they do: playing, swimming, surfing, running... But with an important difference - they're all naked.

The curious thing is that, besides revealing themselves bare, the athletes reveal information that go much further than their physical characteristics. Gymnast Aly Raisman, one of this year's publication's stars, says she was once insecure about her muscles, but that she's "learned how to like them."

Tall and thin basketball player Brittney Griner confesses she loves being different. "Honestly, I like how unique it is. My big arms, my bigger hands, these long legs...".

Another athlete that shows up in the 2015's edition is Ali Krieger, a female soccer player. She says that when she was a little girl, she didn't like her big thighs - until she saw it brought us an advantage during the match. "I'm proud of my thighs because they've gotten me to where I am today and give me the power that I have to play my best."

Here you can see some of the images published by ESPN. Amongst the sports practiced by these cool people are heptathlon, gymnastics, basketball, hammer throw, swimming, soccer, and field hockey.

There are several pictures, both of men and women, owners of the most varied physical characteristics. They're all true champions not only when it comes to the sports they've chosen to become professional at, but mainly when it comes to accepting their own body, and using it to their favor.