SHANGHAI, May 18 (Xinhua) -- China's Lyu Huihui successfully defended her javelin throw title at the IAAF Shanghai Diamond League event here on Saturday.

Lyu, 2017 world championships bronze medalist, improved her own meet record set last year by four centimeters to lift the victory in 66.89 meters.

Lyu, 29, got her season off to a promising start as she just recorded her personal best of 67.72 meters in April's National Athletics Grand Prix series in Huangshi, Hubei province en route to set a new Asian record.

Latvia's Lina Muze, 26, took silver in 64.87 while Germany's Christin Hussong, 2018 European champion, was third in 64.10.