Gold medalist James Ellington strips to promote safe sex

Gold medal winner James Ellington has stripped naked to promote safe sex in the latest issue of Attitude.

In the accompanying interview, the athlete discusses how he feels about getting naked in front of the camera, and also talks about his training regime.

Speaking about being comfortable naked, he says: “Yeah, when you go to competitions and stuff you get changed in public a lot and I’ve done other photo shoots where I’m in boxers and stuff so it’s not a big deal for me.”

Ellington won gold in the 4x100m relay at the European Athletics Championships in Zurich over the weekend.

On how many hours he spends in the gym, he says: “It depends, when you get to where you are now you need one or two hours a day to maintain where you are. But during the winter season you could be training up to four or five hours a day.”

Coronation Street‘s Bruno Langley also appears in the new issue, and discusses the impact of his coming out storyline on the soap, as well as what fans think of Todd’s wicked streak – read more here.

You can see more pictures of James in the new issue of Attitude, which also features interviews with Sherlock‘s Andrew Scott, model Oliver Cheshire and this year’s breakout popstar Ariana Grande. The issue is available to download now at pocketmags.co.uk/attitude or to order via post at newsstand.co.uk/attitude.

You’ll be able to pick up a copy in shops from Wednesday (August 20).

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