Duke diver Abby Johnston earned sixth place in the 1-meter springboard competition on Tuesday at the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China.
Johnston recorded a total score of 282.85 over five dives, almost 36 points short of Chinese winner Tingmao Shi, who earned 318.65 points. Another Chinese diver, Han Wang, took the silver medal with 310.20 and Italian Tania Cagnotto took the bronze with 295.45.
Shi scored 70.20 points on her final dive, the most points scored on any individual dive in the competition. Johnston earned her best score on her fourth dive, 61.10 points on a front one-and-a-half with two twists.
Blue Devil teammate Nick McCrory returns to the pool for the United States in the 10-meter platform prelims on Saturday.
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