First Tokyo witnessed the spectacular. Then came a divine act of Faith. In the women's 400m, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ran one of the fastest times in history, easing down, to raise the question of whether one of the oldest and most controversial track and field records might fall later this week. Shortly afterwards another standout female of her generation, Faith Kipyegon, underlined her status by speeding to a historic fourth 1500m title with such grace and distance that it took the breath away.