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Sally Gunnell opens up about the challenges of ageing, life after the track and her tips on embracing our changing bodies

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As a record-breaking Olympic gold medal-winning athlete, Sally Gunnell knows a thing or two about what it takes to be mentally strong enough to succeed. Yet, as the 58-year-old reveals to Ateh Jewel in this week's Second Act podcast, she had to find another level of inner strength when she reached the starting line of the perimenopause in her 40s.

The only woman to simultaneously hold the Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth titles in the 400m hurdles, Sally is now a broadcaster, motivational speaker and personal trainer, and she admits that the changes the menopause had on her body took her by surprise.