But when Bisk was asked to shed both her clothes and her inhibitions so she could be painted gold from head to toe for a photoshoot, even she felt first-time jitters. Bisk has reinvented herself as an Instagram star, yoga instructor and brand ambassador for activewear. But any hesitancy Bisk may have had were shed on the day of the shoot, with photographer Stefan Gosatti describing the former elite athlete as a true professional. Bisk is active on Instagram where she has more than , followers. She posts photos of yoga poses as well as pictures of fruit.

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As the global economic downturn begins to impact on the world of sport , one French athlete has come up with an unusual way to try to secure a new sponsorship deal. Pole-vaulting champion Romain Mesnil, whose contract with the sports brand Nike was not renewed when it expired last year, has run naked with his pole through the streets of Paris and posted a video of his caper online. The musclebound year-old is seen loping through the streets with his pole as if preparing for a vault at tourist spots like Montmartre and the Pont des Arts across the river Seine. A black square has been tactfully added to the footage to cover his private parts. Mesnil, who won a silver medal at the Athletics World Championships, in Osaka, wrote on his website of Nike's decision not to renew his contract: "It was probably for budgetary and strategic reasons.