SHANGHAI — China showed there's no better country at 1-meter diving, with Shi Tingmao and Wang Han finishing 1-2 in the women's event Tuesday to complete a springboard sweep in the world championships.
It was a close contest, with Shi totaling 318.65 points and Wang just 8.45 points behind for silver with 310.20. Wang improved on her third-place showing two years ago in Rome.
Italy's Tania Cagnotto earned the bronze with 295.45.
Wang led after the first round before Shi took over the top spot through the last four rounds.
Their teammates, Li Shixin and He Min, won gold and silver in the men's 1-meter event Monday.
Wang's victory gave China its fifth gold in diving with five events remaining. The Chinese have won seven medals overall at the outdoor pool.
Shi led Wang by just 4.55 points after four dives. Both women performed reverse 1 1-2 somersaults with 1 1-2 twists on their last dives — with equal 2.6 degree of difficulty — but Shi received marks of 9.0 and higher, while Wang's marks ranged from 8.0 to 9.0.
Anastasia Pozdniakova of Russia was in position to claim the silver, but she badly missed on her fourth dive and dropped from second to last in the 12-woman field.
Pozdniakova came out of her dive and landed on her belly, creating a huge splash. She received marks ranging from 1.5 to 3.0, and with only one dive remaining had no chance to move up.
American Abby Johnston was sixth and teammate Kelci Bryant was ninth.
China had a chance to add to its golden haul in the men's 3-meter synchro final later Tuesday.