Photo Quiz: Are Those Olympic Tears of Sorrow or Tears of Joy?
Tears of sorrow or tears of joy?
Emotions run high at the Olympics. Stress and expectations combine, sometimes driving even the most controlled athletes to tears.
But can you tell what kind of tears they are? We’ve updated our photo quiz so you can test your emotional sensitivity and gauge whether these are droplets sorrow or droplets of joy.
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Answer: Joy
Australia’s Sally Pearson is overcome by emotion after she wins her heat in the women's 100-meter hurdles.
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Tears of sorrow or tears of joy?
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Answer: Sorrow
German tennis player Sabine Lisicki cries after losing the bronze medal match in mixed doubles with compatriot Christopher Kas.
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Tears of sorrow or tears of joy?
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Answer: Sorrow
Defending Olympic champion Chen Yibing, dubbed the "Lord of the Rings," laments ceding the title to Brazilian Arthur Zanetti, in what was only his second loss since 2006.
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Tears of sorrow or tears of joy?
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Answer: Joy
Colombia's Yuri Alvear celebrates after winning her judo match. She won the bronze in the women’s 70-kilogram division.
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Tears of sorrow or tears of joy?
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Answer: Sorrow
Two-time Olympic shooting champion and five-time medalist Maria Grozdeva of Bulgaria weeps after failing to reach the 25-meter pistol final.
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Tears of sorrow or tears of joy?
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Answer: Sorrow
Algeria's Mohamed Amine Ouadahi shows his distress after Satoshi Shimizu of Japan was declared the winner in their quarterfinal boxing match.
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Tears of sorrow or tears of joy?
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Answer: Joy
Japanese table tennis players Kasumi Ishikawa, right, and Sayaka Hirano, left, cry after beating Singapore in the women's team semifinals.
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Tears of sorrow or tears of joy?
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Answer: Sorrow
Jamaica's Brigitte Foster-Hylton cries after tripping in the women's 100-meter hurdles heats.
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Tears of sorrow or tears of joy?
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Answer: Joy
Great Britain's Peter Robert Russell Wilson weeps as a referee congratulates him on winning gold in the men's shooting double trap final.
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Tears of sorrow or tears of joy?
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Answer: Sorrow
Jillian Camarena-Williams of the United States failed to advance to the finals in the women's shot put.
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Tears of sorrow or tears of joy?
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Answer: Sorrow
Sayaka Sato of Japan cries after withdrawing from her women's singles badminton match due to injury.
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Tears of sorrow or tears of joy?
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Answer: Joy
Germany's Kerstin Thiele celebrates after winning her judo match.
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Tears of Sorrow or Tears of Joy?
Emotions run high at the Olympics. Stress and expectations combine, sometimes driving even the most controlled athletes to tears. But can you tell what kind of tears they are? Test your emotional sensitivity by attempting to gauge whether these are salty droplets of joy or sorrow.
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Answer: Joy
Yi Siling of China wipes away her tears after winning the 10-meter air rifle women’s final, grabbing the first gold medal of this year’s Olympics.
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Tears of Sorrow or Tears of Joy?
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Answer:Sorrow
South Korea's Yang Eun-hye, 58-kilogram weightlifter, fails at one of her crucial attempts. She ended up in the 14th spot.
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Tears of Sorrow or Tears of Joy?
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Answer: Joy
Lithuania's Ruta Meilutyte wins the gold medal for the 100-meter breaststroke final. The astonished 15-year-old also cried tears of joy at the medal ceremony.
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Tears of Sorrow or Tears of Joy?
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Answer: Sorrow
Yuki Otsu of Japan’s soccer team despairs after missing an opportunity to score against Morocco, but in the end Japan took the victory, 1-0.
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Tears of Sorrow or Tears of Joy?
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Answer: Sorrow
Korea's Kim Jan-di after losing to Italy's Giulia Quintavalle in 57-kilogram women's judo.
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Tears of Sorrow or Tears of Joy?
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Answer:Joy
Brazil's Felipe Kitadai cries after defeating Italy's Elio Verde in the bronze medal 60-kilogram judo match.
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Tears of Sorrow or Tears of Joy?
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Answer: Joy
Japan's Ai Fukuhara after defeating Li Jie of the Netherlands in women's table tennis singles.
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Tears of Sorrow or Tears of Joy?
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Answer: Sorrow
Romela Begaj of Albania finishes in 11th place in women's 58-kilogram weightlifting.
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Tears of Sorrow or Tears of Joy?
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Answer: Joy
North Korea's An Kum-ae, women's 52-kilogram judo, celebrates with her coach after winning against Cuba's Yanet Bermoy Acosta.
