Retirement
Merry now works in the media on Radio and TV, including presenting for the BBC and also is a regular part of BBC 5 Live, including working in Beijing and London at the Olympics for the BBC. As well as working and presenting for the BBC, she also presents for Sky TV, Channel 4 and Channel Five and recently was a lead commentator for channel 4 on the Paralympics. Currently she is the commentator for all the British Grand Prix Athletics meetings after being the infield presenter for 5 years and also does this role in Europe and in the USA, as well as hosting other sports. Merry also does corporate speaking engagements. She also appeared in All New Celebrity Total Wipeout on 25 September, where she struck up a rivalry with the man who in her words "ate all the pies", John Regis. She 'ran' the qualifier in 2:16, beating Regis by 50 seconds and then beating him again on the next two of the next three events (winning Crash Mountain 2nd to 6th, The Blob losing 1st to 3rd and winning The Beams 2nd to 3rd ) but losing finally in the Wipeout Zone, finishing 3rd behind Regis and eventual winner DJ JK. She won overall 3 events to 2.
Merry is a regular on BBC Radio 5 live's Fighting Talk and on the edition broadcast on 6th Nov 2010, she revealed that she was pregnant. She gave birth to a boy, Lucas in February 2011.
She is a supporter of Aston Villa football club.
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