Fashion's hidden sporting talents

As London gets into the Olympic spirit we reveal some of the hidden sporting talents of fashion's biggest stars.

 Model Christy Turlington is a yoga enthusiast - she's realeased yoga wear lines with Puma and even written a book about practising the art.

 Paul Smith dreamed of being a competitive cyclist until an injury put paid to his plans and he decided to pursue fashion. He now regularly dresses Olympic cyclists Sir Chris Hoy and Bradley Wiggins for formal occassions.

 Model Soo Yeon Lee is a table tennis champion. She began training aged nine and quickly won major titles in competitions for her age group. She was later spotted as a model and now combines both disciplines, appearing here in a short film by Matthew Donaldson.

 US Vogue editor Anna Wintour famously plays tennis every morning before work. She's a friend of world champion Roger Federer and is often seen supporting him at major tournaments.

 Bridal designer Vera Wang began figure skating at the age of six and later competed in the 1968 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. She decided to make her way into the fashion world after failing to get into the US Olympic team.

 Baby-faced Russian supermodel Natalia Vodianova ran the Paris half-marathon earlier this year in aid of her charity, The Naked Heart Foundation, and still managed to walk in the Givenchy show on the same evening. That's dedictaion.

 Shoe designer Christian Louboutin took up the trapeze after watching the film 'Wings of Desire'. He now has one installed in his atelier so the he can trapeze to his hearts desire whenever he may please.

 Our favourite crazy fashion lady, Anna Dello Russo , swims every morning, which probably explains her incredibly lithe physique. According to this photo, which she posted on her blog, she likes to wear flippers

 Jodie Kidd 's hobbies include polo, motor car racing, golf, and horse riding. She's taken part in several Gumball 3000 rallies and is apparently an expert polo player thanks to her polo-playing father, brother and boyfriend.

Dutch Victoria's Secret Angel Doutzen Kroes aspired to be a speed skater when she was growing up and competed around Europe before she started to model. She appeared in US Vogue's 2008 Shape Issue alongside world champion in the sport, Apolo Anton Ohno.

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