US athletes won a pair of events on Thursday at the Diamond League in Oslo, one on the track and one in the field. Brianna Rollins added to a stellar year in the 100m hurdles as she won for the first time this season. Her previous two finishes had been in second place right behind American record holder Kendra Harrison who was not competing in this event. Even without Harrison the US was able to go 1-2-3 as Dawn Harper-Nelson posted a season best time and a season best finish in second while Jasmin Stowers was third for the second time this year. Also winning for the US was Joe Kovacs in the shot put. Kovacs has now won the last two shot put contests after coming in third in Shanghai to start the year.

For the first time this year Michael Tinsley didn’t win the 400m hurdles. Going for his third straight win Tinsley was only third as the two in front of him posted season best times. Kerron Clement finished right behind Tinsley for the second straight event. Natasha Hastings on the other hand improved her finish for the first time this year in the 400m jumping up to second after two previous third place finishes.

In the 100m the US was missing two-time winner Justin Gatlin but Michael Rodgers nearly kept the title in America losing by just 0.02 seconds. The US had all of the top four spots other than first as Dentarius Locke and Ameer Webb rounded out the top four with Locke tying a season best time. Tianna Bartoletta finished fourth in the long jump while Chris Bernard and Omar Craddock went fourth and fifth in the triple jump. One other US competitor was Whitney Ashley, seventh in the discus throw.

The next Diamond League event is in Stockholm next Thursday.

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