Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Merritt ya lashe mita 400 a gasar Olympics ta 2008 a Beijing. An yi tsammanin tseren tsere tsakanin Merritt da Wariner, kodayake ya ƙare a ƙarshe. Tazarar 0.99-second tsakanin Merritt na farko da kuma Wariner na biyu shine mafi girma a gasar Olympics na mita 400. Lokacinsa na 43.75, sabon abu ne na sirri, ya sanya shi na biyar mafi sauri na 400 m a jerin sunayen duk lokacin, har yanzu wurare biyu a bayan Wariner, wanda shine na uku a jerin sunayen masu gudu mafi sauri a kowane lokaci. Ya haɗu tare da Wariner, Angelo Taylor da kuma lambar tagulla na mita 400 David Neville don maza 4 × 400 m relay
Ka yi haƙuri. Tawagar ta kayar da alamar rikodin wasannin Olympic wanda ya tsaya tun lokacin wasannin Olympics na Barcelona na 1992 ta hanyar yin gudu a lokacin 2:55.39, na biyu mafi sauri a tarihin taron.