On track and field a lovely reminder: What’s more fun than speed?

The rain pelts down with violence. At the edge of the track, high jumpers in Tokyo huddle under covers. Rhythm is broken, the run-up is slippery. Outdoor sport wreaks its own testing vengeance. But Nicola Olyslagers is still smiling because she’s not alone. “I was just spending time with Jesus out there,” she said later.

Irrespective of your views on religion, I hope you saw Olyslagers at the World Athletics Championships. Everyone’s so tight with tension in sport, but her smile is like a raft of sunlight bursting through a window. The rain stops and she arrives at the bar like a bounding giraffe. “I’ve got speed that I’ve never trained for,” said the world champion. Her faith gives her wings.