Williams-Mills and Spencer show Jamaican style in Oslo

Friday, June 13, 2014

Jamaica’s Novlene Williams-Mills and Kaliese Spencer extended their current win streaks to three apiece at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games on a beautiful evening in Oslo at the IAAF Diamond League meeting In the Norwegian capital on Wednesday.

Williams-Mills may not have run a world lead, but was mightily close when she won the 400m in 50.06, just 0.03 slower than Courtney Okolo’s time from Lubbock last month.Just as significantly, Williams-Mills notched up her third consecutive victory over last year’s Diamond Race winner Amantle Montsho as the Botswana athlete failed to win in Oslo for the first time in four appearances.

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Williams-Mills and Spencer show Jamaican style in Oslo

Jamaica’s Novlene Williams-Mills and Kaliese Spencer extended their current win streaks to three apiece at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games on a beautiful evening in Oslo at the IAAF Diamond League meeting In the Norwegian capital on Wednesday.

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