Ice hot! The sexiest stars of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games

IS it just us, or are the Sochi Winter Olympics athletes hotter than their summer counterparts? You be the judge...

IS it just us, or are Winter Olympics athletes hotter than their summer counterparts?

Maybe it's the Russian vodka you'll be drinking to keep warm, or maybe it's the surplus of drop dead gorgeous Scandinavians strutting their stuff, but the Sochi Games might just be the most photogenic event in sporting history.

Here are the hottest guys and gals to look out for when the action gets underway on February 7.

Russian curling team captain Anna Sidorova

ANNA SIDOROVA - RUSSIA - CURLING

Curling just got interesting, thanks to the captain of Russia's women's team.

American snowboarder Clair Bidez is a swimsuit model in her spare time.

CLAIR BIDEZ - USA - SNOWBOARDING

Having just missed out on qualifying for the Vancouver Games, Bidez will be making her Olympic debut in Sochi. And if that doesn't work out she's a swimsuit model, too.

Skiing bad boy Bode Miller kind of looks like an alpine Quade Cooper.

BODE MILLER - USA - ALPINE SKIING

Never far from controversy, Miller is equal parts admired and unpopular on the mountain, where he's bragged about partying "at an Olympics level" during a disappointing 2006 Olympic campaign, but also collected a gold medal, three silver and a bronze across three Games.

British snowboarder Aimee Fuller.

AIMEE FULLER - GREAT BRITAIN - SNOWBOARDING

Fuller only just made Team GB's contingent for Sochi, but she'll certainly attract her fair share of attention when the slopestyle competition kicks off.

He'll be hidden behind a mask for most of the Games, so here's what Sweden's goalie Henrik Lundqvist looks like the rest of the time.

HENRIK LUNDQVIST - SWEDEN - HOCKEY

Not only is Lundqvist Sweden's man behind the mask, he's also the goalie for the New York Rangers and has topped GQ and Vanity Fair's best dressed lists.

Winter Olympic gold medallist Torah Bright will headline Australia's assault on the Sochi Games.

TORAH BRIGHT - AUSTRALIA - SNOWBOARDING

Our golden girl will be defending her half-pipe gold medal in Sochi and will also try her luck in slopestyle and snowboard cross after becoming the first boarder in history to qualify for all three events.

Alpine ski racer Julia Mancuso attends the GQ Men Of The Year Party in Los Angeles.

JULIA MANCUSO - USA - SKIING

We'll be seeing plenty of Ms Mancuso in Sochi, given she'll be defending her two gold medals from Vancouver.

He's young, he's attractive, and as a bonus Robin Szolkowy can dance.

ROBIN SZOLKOWY - GERMANY - FIGURE SKATING

Along with those looks comes the four world titles with partner Aliona Savchenko and the distinction of being the first pair in history to score a perfect 10 under the ISU judging system.

Silje Norendal.

SILJE NORENDAL - NORWAY - SNOWBOARDING

When you claim that you don't really like riding rails and then obliterate the competition at the 2014 X Games anyway, the rest of the Sochi slopestyle field has every right to be worried about what this 20-year-old might produce.

David Wise will ski the half-pipe in Sochi. We're pretty sure that's a battle wound and not lipstick on his cheek.

DAVID WISE - USA - FREESTYLE SKIING

He looks like he's about 12, but Wise is actually a 24-year-old family man with a three-year-old daughter. He's also a US national champion (at age 15) and this year has already won the Winter X Games superpipe competition.

US hurdler turned Winter Olympian Lolo Jones.

LOLO JONES - USA - BOBSLED

The London Olympian will become the ninth American to compete at both a summer and winter Games, and will have plenty of cameras swinging in her direction, for obvious reasons.

American snowboarder Shaun White.

SHAUN WHITE - USA - SNOWBOARDING

Once a ratty kid with ridiculous skills, White is now a two-time Olympic gold medallist and arguably the most successful winter athlete in history. He's actually a pretty good-looking dude these days, too, now that he's cut his famous red mane down to size.

Slovenia's Tina Maze.

TINA MAZE - SLOVENIA - ALPINE SKIING

Last year's World Cup winner also has a pop music career in the offing after releasing a song in 2012. If she wins, you'll see her performing her signature cartwheels while still wearing her ski boots.

Austrian skier Anna Fenninger.

ANNA FENNINGER - AUSTRIA - SKIING

The 2011 Super Combines world chamopion turns heads for more reasons than one.

Classic Scandinavian square jaw? Check. Skiing star Aksel Lund Svindal.

AKSEL LUND SVINDAL - NORWAY - ALPINE SKIING

Even if he doesn't back up his performance from four years ago in Vancouver, where he won gold, silver and bronze, he'll definitely be on the podium in any Sochi best name competition.

Therese Johaug of Norway.

THERESE JOHAUG - NORWAY - CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING

It's those damn Norwegians again. Johaug isn't just a pretty face - she currently leads the World Cup and is reportedly known as "Duracell" in skiing circles because of her fast technique and overall speed.

Canada will be hoping nothing makes a mess of Sidney Crosby's face in the Olympic ice hockey competition.

SIDNEY CROSBY - CANADA - ICE HOCKEY

Touted as the man to become the next Wayne Gretzky when he was just 15, the now 26-year-old Crosby scored the winning goal in overtime for Canada in the gold medal game against the USA four years ago. This time around he'll be captain.

Violinist and Thai athlete Vanessa-Mae.

VANESSA-MAE - THAILAND - SKIING

She ain't going to win a medal, but Vanessa-Mae will still capture her fair share of attention for two reasons: she's just the third Thai athlete to represent her country at a Winter Olympics and she's also a famous violinist, having released 11 albums and reaching No. 11 on the British charts in 1995.

THE OTHER AUSSIES

Here's hoping Alex "Chumpy" Pullin can get the job done this time around.

ALEX PULLIN - SNOWBOARDING

As one of Australia's hottest medal hopes, the bloke they call "Chumpy" will be front and centre on your screens throughout the Games.

Heath Spence will be at the pointy end of Australia's bobsled teams.

HEATH SPENCE - BOBSLED

Get used to this face, because most of the time it's the only one you'll see out of our two-man and four-man bobsled team. Spence is the pilot for both teams, so it'll be his wide eyes you'll see

poking out the top of the sled.

Figure skater Danielle O'Brien will get plenty of air time during the Sochi Games.

DANIELLE O'BRIEN - ICE SKATING

Like gymnastics at the summer Games, we all know the broadcasters love ice dancing. So settle in for plenty of O'Brien and partner Gregory Merriman, who are six-time Australian champions.

If you can stand on it, Nate Johnstone can master it.

NATE JOHNSTONE - SNOWBOARDING

If you think 23-year-old snowboarding star Johnstone covers up too much, just wait until summer when he indulges his other passion: surfing.

What's going on? The schedule for the games.