Merritt sends Liu a message

Aries Merritt surpassed China's Liu Xiang for the fastest time in the world this year to win the 110m hurdles in 12.93 sec on Saturday at the US Olympic Track and Field Trials.

Merritt (pictured), the reigning indoor world 60m hurdles champion, cut his personal best by .10 sec and came in under the prior season best of 12.97 set by Liu on May 19 at Shanghai to secure his spot in London.

"To break 13 in the final like I did was just phenomenal," Merritt said. "I had a pretty decent start and I started building from there."