Aries Merritt was released from a Phoenix hospital two days after a successful kidney transplant, according to social media photos, and less than one week after he won a bronze medal at the World Championships with kidney function less than 20 percent.
“I’m pretty optimistic that I’ll be back running in a few weeks,” Merritt joked to the Arizona Republic in a video interview from the hospital. “Well not in a few weeks. I’m going to listen to what the doctors say.”
Merritt, the Olympic 110m hurdles champion and world-record holder, received a kidney from sister LaToya Hubbard on Tuesday, four days after his final at Worlds in Beijing.