Even fifth has Merritt for Aries

LONDON - Aries Merritt felt like he had won just by being in the final of the 110m hurdles after undergoing a kidney transplant just two years ago.

The 31-year-old American, the world-record holder in the event, finished outside the medals in fifth in a race won by the man who succeeded him as Olympic champion last year, Jamaica's Omar McLeod.

Defending champion Sergey Shubenkov took silver as an "authorized neutral athlete", Russia being still banned as a nation from competing because of the doping scandal, and Hungarian Balazs Baji a surprising bronze.