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Both American Alicia Sacramone and Oksana Chusovitina of Germany perform a first vault valued from a 6.3. In qualifying, it came down to the second vault – Sacramone’s is valued a tenth of a point higher than Chusovitina’s, and she managed a higher execution score as well. Fifth-place qualifier, Russian Anna Pavlova, has A scores of 5.8 and 5.6, so she would have to perform flawlessly to qualify for a medal. Italian Carlotta Giovannini’s vaults are valued higher, but her execution scores were low. If someone makes a mistake, she too could contend for a bronze.

In qualifying, Chinese team leader Cheng Fei and North Korean gymnast Hong Un-Jong performed the exact same two vaults, both with an A-value or difficulty of 6.5. The Amanar, which is also the vault Shawn Johnson performs, is a round-off onto the springboard, followed by two-and-a-half twists in the second flight phase. The Cheng, named after Cheng Fei in 2005, is a round-off onto the springboard, a half-turn onto the vaulting table, and one-and-a-half twists as well as one-and-a-half saltos (flips) in the layout body position.