Carmelita Jeter (@CarmelitaJeter) is the fastest woman alive. She won the 100m World Championships in 2011 and anchored Team USA's 4x100m team to Olympic gold and a new world record at the London 2012 Games.

In this show, Jeter claims that females do not receive the same plaudits as her male counterparts when they when they excel in the sport is backed up by what she claims is her treatment after running the second fastest time ever over the 100m.

We also talk about her career highs and lows, meeting President Barack Obama and the legend Michael Jordan.

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Jenny Meadows (@jennymeadows800) who won the Diamond league over 800m in 2011 and earned medals in the World and European championships opens-up on the show about the financial implication drug cheats have caused her over the years of lost medals.

Meadows discusses how the death of her father impacted her mentally and was the switch she used to become a champion. Jenny recalls the time when she found out her dad had passed away and discusses how she felt and what actions she took to grieve.

During NLTV's podcast 'Hidden Greatness' Meadows discusses drugs in track and field, the amount of prize money she had potentially lost out on and why cheaters should get a life time ban.

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One of the Britain's fastest ever hurdlers of a generation Andy Turner (@Andyturner110h) joined us to talk about his track and field career and what spurred him to some of his greatest achievements.

Andy Turner talk about how his journey began in becoming one of Great Britain's most prolific sprinters. He discusses why he chose track and field, opens up about his family, talks about how the death of his mother impacted him mentally and discusses the robbery which took place during her funeral.

During NLTV's podcast 'Hidden Greatness' Turner highlights what prompted him to switch careers to Boxing then Body building and why he never appreciated his successful achievements.

Turner was one of the few athletes to share the track with some of the fastest athletes ever in the sport, he opens up about how he felt carrying the former world record holder, Liu Xiang of the track during the London 2012 Olympic games after he fell injured.

What We Discuss with Andy:

• What his life was like before becoming a hurdler.
• What racing with some of the greatest athletes ever felt like..
• Why he never regarded himself as one of the worlds best.
• The mental impact the death of his mother had..
• How he would deal with Impostor Syndrome.
• And much more…

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