Osleidys Menendez of Cuba won the women's javelin Monday at the World Championships easily defeating defending champion Mirela Manjani-Tzelili of Greece.

Another Cuban Sonia Bisset won the bronze.

Menendez, the world record holder, threw 69.53 metres on her third attempt, a distance none of the others could get close to.

Manjani-Tzelili throw of 65.78 brought her the silver, while Bisset managed a throw of 64.69 to take third.

Menendez adds the gold to the bronze she got at last year's Sydney Olympics before becoming the first Cuban woman to set a world record in Crete earlier this day.

At the age of just 21, she seems set for a great future, having been the world junior champion at the age of just 19.