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Michael Phelps leads 22 athletes in ESPN Body Issue

Michael Phelps

SANTA CLARA, CA - JUNE 21: Michael Phelps gets ready for the men’s 200 meter freestyle final during the 2014 Arena Grand Prix of Santa Clara at the George F. Haines International Swim Center on June 21, 2014 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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Michael Phelps is used to wearing very little in competition. He’s baring all in ESPN The Magazine’s Body Issue.

Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time with 22 medals, is one of the headliners in the magazine’s sixth edition featuring athletes posing nude. It hits newsstands July 11.

Ten of the 22 athletes are Olympians or Paralympians, including Sochi medalists Jamie Anderson, Aja Evans, Hilary Knight and Amy Purdy.

Olympians in last year’s issue included beach volleyball star Kerri Walsh Jennings (who posed eight months pregnant), snowboarder Elena Hight, boxer Marlen Esparza, soccer player Sydney Leroux, basketball player Swin Cash and tennis players Agnieszka Radwanska and John Isner.

Here’s the list of 22 athletes released by ESPN on Wednesday:

Jamie Anderson, Snowboard*
Tomas Berdych
, Tennis*
Aja Evans, Bobsled*
Prince Fielder
, Texas Rangers
Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona Cardinals
Omar Gonzalez, Los Angeles Galaxy
Coco Ho, Surfing
Bernard Hopkins, Boxing
Ginger Huber, Cliff Diving
Serge Ibaka, Oklahoma City Thunder*
Hilary Knight, Hockey*
Marshawn Lynch, Seattle Seahawks
Angel McCoughtry, Atlanta Dream*
Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins Pastrana, Skateboarding
Travis Pastrana, Motorsports
Michael Phelps, Swimming*
Amy Purdy, Snowboard*
Megan Rapinoe, Soccer*
Jimmy Spithill, Sailing
Nigel Sylvester, BMX
Venus Williams, Tennis*
Danyelle Wolf, Boxing

* -- Olympian/Paralympian

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