lips start to quiver

 
For the first time, she stood on the ice after her performance and felt her lips start to quiver. As flowers and stuffed toys rained down from the stands, her tears began to flow.“I can’tbelieve this day has finally come for me,”  said Kim, who was taken aback by her own crying. That emotional release, so long in the making, quickly ended as soon as Kim, the reigning world champion in women’s figure skating, got a glimpse of her score.