MONACO -- The 2020 Diamond League season officially began Friday in Monaco with a thrilling slate of elite athletes competing in front of a limited crowd, as meet organizers took all precautions to ensure everyone’s safety. If you missed the action live NBCSN will present encore coverage on Saturday, August 15 at 10 p.m. ET. Official results can be found here. For the first time in Diamond League history, a pair of brothers swept the top spots in the men’s 200m. World champion Noah Lyles (Clermont, Florida) had a slowish reaction to the gun, but after that there was nothing slow about him. Wearing a black glove on his right hand in honor of 1968 Olympic legends Tommie Smith and John Carlos, Lyles tore up the newly-laid straightaway to win in 19.76, the fastest time in the world this year, with brother Josephus Lyles (Clermont, Florida) second in 20.30. It was also the first time in a Diamond League competition that the two brothers raced against each other. Following a pace in the men’s 800m that was just outside the prescribed sub-50 through the first lap, world champion and American record holder Donavan Brazier (Cadillac, Michigan) sat off Canadian Marco Arop’s shoulder through 600m and then eased past him with fellow American Bryce Hoppel (Midland, Texas) just behind. Brazier kept his foot on the gas down the final stretch to hold off a fast-closing Hoppel, clocking a world-leading 1:43.15 as Hoppel climbed to No. 7 on the U.S. all-time list with a 1:43.23 PR in second. Lined up in the women’s 400m against the U.S. number one from 2019, Doha fourth-placer Wadeline Jonathas (Worchester, Massachusetts, Lynna Irby (Indianapolis, Indiana) showed she is well on the way back to the form that earned her an NCAA title in 2018, powering to a world-leading 50.50, her fourth-fastest time ever. In her outdoor debut, USATF Indoor champ Jonathas was second in 51.40. Grant Holloway (Chesapeake, Virginia) got off to a great start in the men’s 110m hurdles, but a lack of 2020 racing for the reigning world champion caught up with him as Orlando Ortega of Spain edged past him midway through to win in 13.11, the fastest time in the world this season. Holloway did notch a U.S.-leading 13.19 in fourth, .16 faster than his previous ‘20 mark of 13.35 and a time that only two other Americans bettered last year. Former American record holder Shannon Rowbury (San Francisco, California) settled into the back of a lead string of 10 in the women’s 5,000m, maintaining contact with a speedy opening pace. Through the midway point, Rowbury was still near the back of that pack, but she started to pick people off during the final circuits and claimed fifth in 14:45.11, the No. 8 performance ever by an American. Two-time world champion Hellen Obiri of Kenya set a meet record with her world-leading 14:22.12, a time only she and seven other women have ever matched or bettered. 2018 U.S. champion Aleia Hobbs (New Orleans, Louisiana) was out of the blocks well in the women’s 100m, just behind Switzerland’s Ajla del Ponte, and those positions did not change through the line as Hobbs ended up second in 11.28. Del Ponte won in 11.16 and Germany’s Gina Lückenkemper was third in 11.31. Racing farther than 800m on the track for only the second time in her career, Raevyn Rogers (Houston, Texas) notched a personal best in the 1,000m, but her 2:37.10 left her in ninth place behind Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon, who just missed Svetlana Masterkova’s world record with a 2:29.15 that put her No. 2 on the all-time list, .17 off the WR. Britain’s Laura Muir (2:30.82), Ireland’s Ciara Mageean (2:31.06) and Britain’s Jemma Reekie (2:31.11) also moved into the world all-time top 10 in second through fourth places. One of the marquee events saw three men dip under 3:30 in the 1,500m, led by Timothy Cheruiyot of Kenya. The reigning world champion followed a crazy early pace through 400m in 52.59 but kept his poise as he and the pacers passed 800m in 1:51.24. As the pace slowed slightly, Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen moved up to challenge Cheruiyot, but couldn’t pass the Doha gold medalist, who won in 3:28.45, just off his PR and a time only he and six other men have ever bettered. Ingebrigtsen took second in 3:28.68, a European record that elevated him to No. 8 on the all-time world performer list, and Britain’s Jake Weightman smashed his PR with a 3:29.47 in third. Craig Engels (Pfafftown, North Carolina) was 11th with a season’s best and U.S. outdoor leader of 3:35.42.