The U.K. Has Very Hot Jewish Athletes

Distance running is not a sport that most people would describe as watchable. At least it wasn't.

At the Summer Olympics in 2008, people men around the world will be paying attention to the U.K.'s Jo Ankier.

Ms. Ankier runs the 3,000 meter Steeplechase event and hopes to qualify for the Games (Why she is holding a tennis racket is explained below).

She is also Jewish, which meant she scored an interview with The Jewish Chronicle. And in it, she crushes the hopes of non-Jewish men around the globe, saying that after her athletic career is over, she "will have found a nice Jewish boy to settle down with."

Alas, Ankier is having a difficult time of it right now. Apparently, she just can't find the right guy:

"It is hard in athletics to have a boyfriend, firstly because it’s hard to find someone Jewish, and secondly because it’s hard to find someone who would cope with the lifestyle.”

While she wallows in loneliness, she continues to train. And if this whole running thing doesn't work out for her, she can go back to the full-time job she quit in order to concentrate on the Olympics: a sports journalist for Sky, a U.K. based television network.

But, that's not all she does. Ankier is also, not surprisingly, a model. She appeared in the 2005 U.K. calendar called, "Ladies of the Track." She was miss June, and she appeared in the above photo. She is holding the tennis racket because Wimbledon starts that month in England.

Other hot female British athletes posed with her, such as Jo Fenn, who runs the 800 meters (along with being in another great photo); Catherine Murphy, a 4x400 runner; Goldie Sayers, a javelin thrower; and Lee McConnell, who runs the 400 meters.

In light of her hotness, she vows not to go down the path of other attractive female athletes:

"In particular, Ankier is anxious to avoid what she calls the 'Anna Kournikova syndrome' — 'I realise that a lot of the media [attention] I’ve got is because I don’t look horrible, but that can bring attention you don’t want...'”

But being good-looking can be a burden too ... apparently. She doesn't want to be known for her looks, only her career:

"Which makes her annoyance at DJ Johnny Vaughan even more understandable. When Ankier lined up alongside David Beckham, Amir Khan and other sporting heroes in the London Olympic bid video, Vaughan made it clear that he was more interested in Ankier’s looks than in her sporting prowess. 'He told me that the video would be better if I took my top off. He was really rude.'"

Personally, I think DJ Johnny Vaughan should get a free pass. Her being topless in the video would definitely have helped London get an Olympic bid. He was just being patriotic, obviously.

So, when the 2008 Summer Olympics roll around, try to forget about the Chinese human-rights violations, the people forced out of their homes to build an Olympic stadium and the smog that will make breathing more dangerous than smoking - just remember to watch for Jo Ankier.