IT’S the first time Annette Edmondson was happy to let the tears flow - and it had nothing to do with her Rio competition.
The Australian cyclist fought back the emotions after missing a medal on the Olympic track this week but yesterday they flowed freely when she finally met her Brazilian sponsor child of 10 years.
“We couldn’t see Vanessa at first because she’s quite small and it was crazy there were so many kids chanting and singing,” Edmondson said.
“Then I saw her and it was nice to see how excited she was to see us, I was okay until I saw her mum and she was in tears and then I got emotional.
“There were lots of kids on bikes so we rode about a kilometre with them to the school and the kids were doing a big performance - lots of singing, music, poetry, dance, martial arts, it was really nice.”
