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Aires Merritt recounts world-championship comeback
Filed: Jun 12, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET
Summary: Vol For Life’s Aires Merritt says he ran at a world championship while “effectively dying,” after doctors said he’d never run again.
WHO: Vol For Life athlete Aires Merritt; University of Tennessee hurdler and coach Vince Anderson
WHAT: Aires Merritt recounts his experience running at a world championship despite severe health setbacks and doctors’ prognosis.
WHEN: Jun 12, 2026 at 10:56 AM ET
WHERE: Knoxville, Tennessee
WHY: Doctors told him he would never run again, but he pushed through to compete at a world championship.
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