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Aries Merritt

麻豆社 World News spent time with Aries Merritt at his Arizona home and at training, as the reigning Olympic champion looks to clear his final hurdle and win at the Olympic Games.

Aries Merritt won Olympic gold at London 2012 in the men's 110m hurdles, and a month later broke the world record for his event. His road to Rio seemed well set, but in 2015, after winning a bronze medal at the World Championships in Beijing, the American was on the operating table, having a kidney transplant - the kidney was donated by his sister. Now hoping the road to recovery leads to Rio, 麻豆社 World News spent time with Merritt at his Arizona home and at training as the reigning Olympic champion looks to clear his final hurdle and win at the Olympic Games.

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Tue 5 Jul 2016 08:00GMT

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