So who else watched Danell Leyva and the rest of the U.S. men’s gymnastics team last night? They certainly looked good but faltered from a technical standpoint and then failed to medal after qualifying so damn well (first, actually) a few days ago. The gold ended up going to China while Japan and Great Britain took home the silver and bronze medals, and Danell and Co. came in fifth. Some might say that the U.S.’s poor finish was due in great part to Danell’s poor showing on the pommel horse event, but enough of the Olympic talk for now. What’s really important to this story is that, in Kaiser’s words, “That’s the hot Cuban-American gymnast!!!”

Yeah, Kaiser really enjoyed this dude during the prelims, and we have been laughing a little bit over these new photos that have just surfaced of a pre-London Danell working on his online dating skills. There’s no mistaking these lips, right?

Here’s a bit of a scroll up that shows these photos are legit, and this definitely is Danell Leyva. The dude is so outed as an internet player now, but what a body, right?

So says a woman who came to us this afternoon with an offer to “submit some risque photos of Danell Leyva.” The woman asked for nothing in return. She says she had “some in underwear and some nudes” of the 20-year-old Miami native, some of which have already appeared on the internet. The woman says Leyva had “sorta played” her on a promised photo exchange, and that he’s done this to other women, too.

Before long, the woman sent us the images you see above and below, adding this: “Would it be possible to see how it goes with those pics and then decide to send the nude or not?” To which we responded, “Sure.” Oh, right: Here’s where we ought to tell you NBC plans to air Ryan Seacrest’s interview with Leyva sometime tonight. Maybe he’ll ask about these photos.

[From Deadspin]

HA. Okay, so these photos really aren’t that bad compared to, say, the many unsolicited d*ck shots that I received in my own inbox during a brief adventure with internet dating almost a decade ago. There are indeed some other (more NSFW) photos that feature Danell showing off his bulge, which is nicely encased in white boxer briefs. Not too embarrassing, really. That is, until the source decides to unveil the the nude shots that she claims to have in her possession. Until that happens, this stuff is actually pretty tame, right? I mean, if this guy wasn’t an Olympian (and we all know how much they they want to get laid), this would be fairly normal behavior for a (presumably) single young man. Yes, he’s probably an egotistical douche, but I certainly don’t mind looking at his bod.

Photos courtesy of Deadspin and DanellLeyva.com