Sarah Bacon became the first U.S. female diver to earn an individual Olympic or world championships medal since 2005, taking silver on Saturday at diving worlds in the 1m springboard, which is not an Olympic event.
Chen Yiwen won Saturday with 285.45 as China swept the first two events at worlds (including the mixed synchro platform), which includes 13 total events and runs through next weekend.
Bacon, the 22-year-old NCAA champion from Minnesota, tallied 262 points on the first day of finals in Gwangju, South Korea, to become the first U.S. woman on an Olympic or world podium since Laura Wilkinson won the 2005 world title on the platform.