Nicola Olyslagers has come full circle and been rewarded with a richly-deserved high jump gold medal at the world championships, one that was chronicled in a soggy notebook.
Even more importantly for the committed Christian, the world title doesn't change the really important stuff.
Olyslagers produced a near-flawless performance in the rain to win Australia's only gold medal in Tokyo on Sunday's final day, eight years after she failed to clear a single bar on her world championships debut in London.