Amongst the new generation of Gladiators are professional athletes, bodybuilders and personal trainers who are ready to take on brave members of the public in some wild challenges.<\/p>\n
Within the line-up<\/a> are the likes of Olympian Fire, fitness YouTuber Legend and Team GB sprinter Nitro, who is \u201cone big ball of energy\u201d.<\/p>\n Describing his character Nitro, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey said: \u201cHe\u2019s world class energy. He\u2019s dancing and if he\u2019s not dancing, then he\u2019s performing, and if he\u2019s not performing, then he\u2019s taking someone down.\u201d<\/p>\n So, what else is there to know about Nitro? Read on for everything you need to know about Nitro, including which fellow Gladiator he would least like to go up against.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Age:\u00a0<\/strong>34<\/p>\n From:\u00a0<\/strong>London<\/p>\n Height:\u00a0<\/strong>5ft 11in<\/p>\n Bicep:<\/strong> 44cm<\/p>\n Fact:\u00a0<\/strong>Nitro can do a standing vertical jump of 42 inches. That\u2019s higher than 10 drink cans!<\/p>\n Instagram: <\/strong>@aikines<\/a><\/p>\n Harry \u2018Nitro\u2019 Aikines-Aryeetey is a Team GB sprinter who was named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2005, after becoming the first athlete to win gold medals at both 100 metres and 200 metres at the World Youth Championships.<\/p>\n Over the course of his career, Aikines-Aryeetey has won relay gold multiple times at European level and twice at the Commonwealth Games representing England.<\/p>\n Describing Nitro, Harry said he is \u201cpure energy\u201d, adding: \u201che\u2019s explosive by nature and he does everything with a smile on his face.\u201d<\/p>\n He explained that Nitro is part of the Gladiators to \u201cbring the good vibes\u201d.<\/p>\n Of your fellow Gladiators, who would you least like to go up against and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI think the person I would least like to go up against would be Steel, because we\u2019re both the nice ones. We\u2019d just be too polite to each other, asking each other if we\u2019re alright.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div> Gladiators starts on BBC One on Saturday 13th January at 5:50pm. <\/strong>Looking for something else to watch? Check out our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>, visit our\u00a0Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0hub for the latest news.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to<\/strong>\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Nitro has been described as “one big ball of energy”. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":43722,"template":"","categories":[5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-nitro-gladiators-2024-star-and-team-gb-sprinter-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-nitro-gladiators-2024-star-and-team-gb-sprinter-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-nitro-gladiators-2024-star-and-team-gb-sprinter-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-nitro-gladiators-2024-star-and-team-gb-sprinter-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-nitro-gladiators-2024-star-and-team-gb-sprinter-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-nitro-gladiators-2024-star-and-team-gb-sprinter-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/who-is-nitro-gladiators-2024-star-and-team-gb-sprinter-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Nitro has been described as \"one big ball of energy\".","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/43721"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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