 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Merritt akatanga mushandirapamwe wa2012 nokuchinja nzira yake yokupfuura nayo chipingamupinyi chokutanga, achichinja kubva pamatanho masere kusvika kumatanho manomwe. Mune imwe hurukuro akataura, zvaive zvine njodzi kuita shanduko yakadai, asi chimwe chinhu chaifanira kuitwa kana ndaizokwikwidza na Liu Xiang weChina naDayron Robles weCuba. Chinjo yacho inondibvumira kuchengeta nhamburiko yangu ndichienda muchipingamupinyi chokutanga. Kuchinja kwaMerrit kwakabudirira zvikuru mumwaka wegore ra2012 sezvo akazova mukwikwidzi wepasi rose wepasirese mumamita makumi matanhatu emamita pa2012 World Indoor ChampionshipsmuIstanbul. Mumakwikwi ekupedzisira, akakunda Liu Xiang naPascal Martinot-Lagarde nenguva ye7.44 s. 