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KAZAN, Russia (AP) China missed out on sweeping the diving gold medals at the world aquatics championships when Tania Cagnotto of Italy won the women's one-meter springboard on Tuesday.
Cagnotto led from the start, and held on through all five rounds for a winning score of 310.85 points, beating Shi Tingmao of China by 1.65 points.
The bronze medal went to another Chinese diver; He Zi scored 300.30.
China won all five previous finals at the championships in Kazan.
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China is the dominant power in diving and has topped the medal table at every Olympic Games and worlds since 2000.
The team's only worlds gold-medal sweep was in 2011. In Barcelona two years ago, a single German victory denied China a sweep.
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