SHANGHAI, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Two-time world medalist Lyu Huihui of China broke her own meet record under heavy rain to win the women's javelin title at the IAAF Diamond League Shanghai meet on Saturday.
The 28-year-old Lyu opened the competition with a first round effort of 64.39 meters. She went on to improve her mark to 66.85m in the third round and bowed out with a 66.26m to wrap up the victory.
Lyu improved the previous meet record of 64.08m set by herself in 2015 by a margin of 2.77 meters. It was also her best performance of the current season, but was still shy from her Asian record of 67.59m registered when winning the silver at the World Championships in London last summer.
Marcelina Witek of Poland took the second place at 64.49m, followed by Eda Tugsuz of Turkey who finished 63.20m.
