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Aries Merritt
1985–
United States
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Aries Merritt (born July 24, 1985) is an American track and field athlete who specialized in the 110 metre hurdles. Until June 2026, he held the world record in that event with a time of 12.80 s set on September 7, 2012. He won the gold medal in the 110 metre hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
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