She may be the oldest contestant but Gladiators beware - Louise Minchin is in the best shape of her life. The former BBC Breakfast host, 56, rediscovered sport when she was 45 and has gone on to compete in a string of triathlons.
And she reckons her newfound fitness put her in a prime position to take on the Gladiators, both physically and mentally.
Louise says: "I'm probably fitter now than when I was 25. Being the fittest I have ever been has changed me in lots of different ways.
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