Triumphal tears from Pakistan bocce coach Hyder after eventual victory

IN the end, it all became too much for Hyder, a Pakistan bocce coach at the Simmonscourt Arena in the RDS, Dublin.

A day of triumph, disappointment and then triumph again had left her an emotional wreck and when the news reached her that her two young bocce athletes had indeed won gold, the tears poured down her face.

Three hours earlier, Hyder had watched her athletes Ayesha Siddiqa Iqbal from Lahore and Fozia Latif from Islamabad take gold in an epic doubles final on lane one against Venezualan's Rojas pair of Karina and Yexsimar.