LONDON — Tears, so many tears, in sports.
Tears for making the team, for missing the cut, for finally clearing the height, for hitting the hurdle and taking a tumble.
Or tears of more unusual provenance, such as those Kara Goucher shed on Saturday night in the London Stadium as she held a new silver medal in her hand 10 years after she should have won it in the first place.
“It’s become, like, such a painful memory,” she said, struggling yet determined to get the words out. “We deserve to have this opportunity, because it was robbed from us.