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'I'll give it my best shot'

Contenders and 'gladiators' are gearing up for the quarter-final of the second series of the revamped TV show Gladiators.

But there is a Northern Ireland element, Keeva Neely, from Swatragh in County Londonderry.

She takes on the gladiators after making it through the second episode by default due to an injury to her opponent Nikki.

She said she will "give it my best shot".

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