Usain Bolt's ex-girlfriend Megan Edward leads Olympic athletes baring all for Rio 2016
The 26-year-old Brit found fame as the Jamaican's girlfriend but ended the relationship because of the distance
There isn't much Usain Bolt hasn't won in his incredible career.
But, on the eve of the Rio 2016 Olympics , Megan Edwards reminds the world's fastest man what he missed out on four years ago.
The 100m and 200m legend started an unlikely relationship in 2012 with the office worker from Dartford, Kent.
Bolt, now 29, even flew her to Jamaica to meet his family.
But when Megan, a part-time 800m runner, returned to the UK she decided a long distance relationship was not for her and ended it.
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Megan left her running shoes on but nothing else for the photo shoot
Now 26, she has stripped off for a freelance photographer as Bolt
bids to win the 'triple triple' - the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay in his
third successive Games.
The photographs are part of a series of naked pictures of amateur and former professional athletes.
Photographer,
Stephen Douglas Rasmussen, from Canada, decided to combine his two
lifelong passions - sport and photography - during the 18-hour shoot.
The
series, called The Bottom Line, involved a number of athletes and
models signed to agency W Athletic, in different poses and with
equipment relevant to their sport.
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Heptathlete Layla May Cyster also posed naked
Stephen, 44, said: "Choosing a minimalist approach, I wanted to see clearly how sport changes and attracted certain body types.
"The
single added element, that being a piece of equipment, allowed me to
communicate their sport while making the series more modern.
"The Bottom Line was about the essentials of sport, both from equipment and also body size and shape."
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Melissa Brand, a cyclist, held just her helmet for the shoot
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Boxer Liam Shinkwin wore just gloves
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Bodybuilder Su Farrell posed naked
The series of pictures, which were photographed in a day, are
released just 48 hours before the the Olympic opening ceremony, with
the Games taking place from Friday August 5 until August 21, in Rio.
The
freelance photographer, who now lives in Madrid, added: "The series was
shot in one day in order to achieve the optimum continuity,
approximately 18 hours start to finish.
"I find beauty and curiosity in all of the images, especially when contrasting body size and shape."
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Megan caught Bolt's eye when she was chosen to model Jamaica's team kit for London 2012
