I was terrified of vault, like literally I hated it. I had a fear of running as fast as I could at a solid object, which is I think a normal fear to have because nobody would really want to do that. Once I got over the fear of running into the table I just kind of relaxed and now it's like autopilot. I love it.

In event finals Sacramone received a bronze medal for her vault performance and a silver on floor behind teammate Shawn Johnson. She placed first on vault (her fifth national title on that apparatus) and second on balance beam. gymnast in the history of the World Championships.

team earning her tenth World medal making her the most decorated U. At World Championships from 2005 to 2007 Alicia Sacramone won seven medals including a floor exercise gold in 2005 and a team gold in 2007. athletes with the most medals at the gymnastics world championships until the US team won gold in the team finals at the 2011 World Championships.