Aside from the sheer joy of victory in Wisconsin, Day would be well aware of the breaching of a mental barrier.
There is a legend for the reason behind her standing on what appears to be Shiva's corpse, which translates as follows: Once Kali had destroyed all the demons in battle, she began a terrific dance out of the sheer joy of victory.
But even if the Giants were to win again, they would not top last year's victory for sheer audacity.
For sheer surprise, Gardner's victory over such an overwhelming favorite may rival the United States hockey team's upset of the Soviet team at the 1980 Winter Games.
The lead ballerina, Jennifer Kronenberg, with pink ribbons braided into her hair, moved through the piece not like an agent of war but like a symbol of sheer energy, a winged victory, but of a higher realm.
Even more than the young supporters who had ecstatically chanted "Jez we did" when the result was announced at the QE II centre, the toilers of the "hard left" back in the 1980s were taken aback by the sheer scale of his victory.
"The sheer scale of its victory could potentially give the opposition real teeth as it tries to alter the course of government policy under Mr Maduro," said Fiona Mackie, Latin America analyst at The Economist Intelligence Unit. .
Yet the sheer scale of Labour's victory has also transformed the party's nature.
For sheer drama alone, Japan's victory would have been mesmerizing.
