The instrumentality favourite won't beryllium taking connected immoderate challengers this seriess
- Carl Greenwood, Soaps Editor
- Published: 18:26, 18 Jan 2025
- Updated: 18:26, 18 Jan 2025
GLADIATORS aired a daze contiguous with the caller bid with 1 of its main stars being forced to discontinue the competition.
The BBC fittingness contention returned contiguous for a marque caller bid but for fans determination was a missing look hitting the mats.
Nitro - existent sanction Harry Aikines-Aryeetey - has been forced to retreat from the competition.
The super-fit erstwhile Team GB sprinter announced the bittersweet news during tonight’s episode.
Hosts Bradley and Barney Walsh announced that 1 of the Gladiators had sustained an wounded during grooming and would beryllium withdrawing - earlier introducing Nitro.
He said: “Obviously you cognize I’m explosive, I’m powerful.
“Sometimes I’m excessively powerful. And I ended up hurting myself. I’ve got a small spot of a dodgy knee.
“But these things hap successful sport, you know, erstwhile you’re pushing yourself arsenic hard arsenic you do.
“The pecs aren’t going anyplace - they’re close here. They’re staying here.
“I request each those Nitro fans retired determination to springiness maine immoderate energy due to the fact that I request to recharge.”
The quality comes aft The Sun revealed 2 caller Gladiators were joining the show.
The new Gladiators are esteemed athletes called Cyclone and Hammer, and down their signifier names, their existent names are Lystus Ebosele and Tom Wilson.
Two caller Gladiators revealed arsenic British rowing champ and ace beardown weightlifter
One is simply a British rowing champion, and the different is simply a super-strong weightlifter.
Newcomer Lystus, who is 23 years of age, is simply a classical powerlifter who represents Ireland.
She deed 235 kilograms (518 pounds) in knee sleeves at the 2023 IPF World Junior Powerlifting Championships (WJC) successful Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Meet the Gladiators finalists
The Gladiators last takes spot connected Easter Saturday astatine 5.30pm connected BBC One.
After 10 gruelling weeks facing the superhuman Gladiators, 4 contenders person made it done to the expansive final.
The Gladiators 2024 finalists are:
Finlay Anderson - Army serviceman Finlay, 34, from Edinburgh has made it to the last contempt being injured successful the quarter-final.
Wesley Male - Even though helium joined successful the quarter-final stage, part-time Leeds wrestler Wesley, 35, has proved a unit to beryllium reckoned with connected the Gladiators gauntlet.
Bronte Jones - This 23-year-old firefighter from Sheffield is the youngest contender successful the final.
Marie-Louise Nicholson - Hailing from Dublin, Marie-Louise, 28, is simply a fittingness manager who has scored maximum points 5 times connected Gladiators.
Meanwhile, different chap newcomer Tom is an indoor rower from Nottingham, UK who won the 2024 British Indoor Rowing Championships.
He besides competed successful the 2024 European and World Indoor Rowing Championships.