Sanya Richards of the USA set a year best time Friday in winning the 400m Golden League meeting at Oslo in 49.23sec.
Richards is now gunning for the jackpot having already won the Golden League opener in 49.57sec in Berlin last month for what was then a year best time.
"I've been feeling great in training these past few weeks. And I'm all the happier that my parents are here with me," said Richards, who said coach Clyde Hart had urged her to be patient and concentrate hard into the final stretch.
"I finished well. I am on form and I think I can go under 49sec soon," she forecast.
"That's my best time today since 2006 and the fourth best of my career," said Richards, 24, who bagged her fifth U.S. national title in the 400m last week at Eugene, Oregon.
In the sprint events, former world 100m record-holder Asafa Powell won the men's 100m in a time of 10.07sec, edging Antiguan Daniel Bailey in a photo finish as he took full advantage of scheduling problems which ruled out the Americans and also triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt.
Jamaican Michael Frater was third in 10.08.
Trinidadian Renny Quow took the 400m honours in 45.18 ahead of Frenchman Leslie Djhone (45.37) and Congolese Gary Kikaya (45.53) while in the 800m Russia's Yuriy Borzakovskiy clocked 1:44.42 to beat out Saudi Arabia's Mohamed Al Salhi (1:44.96) and Irishman Thomas Chamney (1:45.41).
Africa, as expected, dominated the longer distances with Kenyan Collins Cheboi picking off the 1500m in 3:36.24 ahead of compatriot Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono (3:36.96) and Morocco's Fouad Elkaam (3:37.19).
In the mile, Ethiopia's Deresse Mekonnen clocked a winning 3:48.95 to best Kenya's William Biwott (3:49.29) and another Kenyan in Augustine Kiprono Choge (3:50.22).
The 3000m was an all-Kenyan affair as Richard Bartale timed 7:50.58 to oust Henry Kiplagat (7:54.00) and Mike Tuiny (7:57.54).
In the 5000m it was a second triunmph for Ethiopia with Kenenisa Bekele besting Qatari James Kwalia clocking 13:04.87 as Kenyan Vincent Kiprop Chepkok took third.
Back among the women, Jamaica's Kerron Stewart won the 100m in 10.99sec to oust Trinidadian Kelly Ann Baptiste (11.14) and Bahamas' Chandra Sturrup (11.15).
Claire Gibson gave Britain a win in the 800m which she won in 2:01.42 with Norway's Ingvill Makestad second in 2:02.54 and Kenya's Nelly Jepkosgei third in 2:07.37,
Joy followed for Ethiopia once more, meanwhile, in the 5000m, won by Meseret Defar in 14:36.38 with Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya second in 14:37.01 and Ethiopian Meselech Melkamu third in 14:37.50.
The Kenyans were in the ascendency again in the 3000m steeplechase, won by Ruth Bisibori Nyangau in 9:18.65 to keep Ethiopian pair Sofia Assefa and Mekdes Bekele at bay.
Russian Olympic polevault champion Yelena Isinbayeva shared her honours in clearing 4.71 m along with Monika Pyrek of Poland.
The Oslo results mean six athletes are still in line to claim the Golden League million dollars (700,000 euros) jackpot if they land wins at all six venues in the series.
They are, among the men, Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia in the 3000m or 5000m and Finland's javelin star Tero Pitkamaki, and, among the women, jamaican sprinter Kerron Stewart, Richards in the 400m, fellow American Damu Cherry in the 100m hurdles and Isinbayeva in the polevault.
The next race in the series is Rome on July 10, then Paris a week later before Zurich on August 28 and then Brussels on September 4.
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