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If there’s one thing men love more than sport, it’s watching the gorgeous women in it. And I mean this in a totally non-sexual way, mostly. Okay, so they are hot and sweaty and wear short, slinky outfits, but over the next eight pages you will learn that these women have gotten to wherever they are because of true grit, grace and perseverance.

The women in tennis lead the way. Long before Anna Kournikova sold the world sports bras telling us why “only the tennis ball should bounce on court”, there was Gabriella Sabatini whose androgynous beauty endeared her to us and whose inability to get past Steffi Graf made us almost hate the German and mind you, she wasn’t bad looking either. However, the arrival of Kournikova in the 90s heralded a change in the way women in sport were viewed. Here was a blonde who was good looking enough to make people forget even today that she never won a single title of any repute. And on that note and to celebrate the spirit of the summer Olympics this month, we present to you our round-up of the hottest women athletes today. Yelena Isinbayeva Age: 26 Sport: Athletics (pole vault) Why we picked her: The brunette from Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad) has 22 world records to her credit. She is the first female pole vaulter to breach the 5m mark and has the grace and finesse of a gymnast thanks to her early years of gymnastics training. Yelena is easily the most accomplished athlete of her generation, she won the pole vault gold at Athens and is the best bet for this year’s gold at Beijing. And to top it all, she looks good enough to be in the movies. Ana Ivanovic Age: 20 Sport: Tennis Why we picked her: We only remember three occasions in the history of women’s tennis when the no. 1 ranking has been held by a gorgeous woman – Steffi Graf, Maria Sharapova and now Ana Ivanovic as we went to press. The tall Serbian’s girl-next-door charm and attitude has earned her a multitude of male fans. With a Grand Slam victory at the French Open this year and a possible shot at an Olympic gold in Beijing, it’s no surprise that her country has even put her pretty figure on Serbia’s postage stamps.
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