Lindsey Vonn breaks silence after horrific crash at Olympics

FAIRY TALE. IT WAS JUST LIFE. >> OH, MY GOODNESS. >> Reporter: I HAVE NO. REGRETS. THOSE ARE THE WORDS. FROM LINDSEY VONN. TONIGHT, A DAY AFTER. THIS HORRIFIC CRASH. KNOCKED HER OUT OF THE. OLYMPICS. VONN POSTING ON. INSTAGRAM SHE SUFFERED. A COMPLEX TIBIA. FRACTURE THAT WILL. REQUIRE MULTIPLE. SURGERIES TO FIX. SHE CRASHED JUST. SECONDS INTO HER. DOWNHILL RUN. >> OH, MY GOODNESS. >> NO!

>> Reporter: THE CROWD. STUNNED TO SILENCE, AS. SHE WAS AIR LIFTED. FROM THE COURSE. I WAS SIMPLY 5 INCHES. TOO TIGHT ON MY LINE, WHEN MY RIGHT ARM. HOOKED INSIDE THE. GATE, TWISTING ME, VONN WROTE. MY ACL AND PAST. INJURIES HAD NOTHING. TO DO WITH MY CRASH. WHATSOEVER. ADDING, IF YOU TAKE. ANYTHING AWAY FROM MY. JOURNEY, IT'S THAT YOU. ALL HAVE THE COURAGE. TO DARE GREATLY. AND THAT'S WHAT THESE. ATHLETES DID TODAY, WITH MEDALS UP FOR. GRABS IN FIVE SPORTS, INCLUDING FREESTYLE. SKIING.

>> FIRST RUN OF THREE. FOR EILEEN GU. >> Reporter: EILEEN GU. TOOK HOME SILVER IN. SLOPE STYLE. >> EILEEN GU, THE. STOMP ON THE RIGHT. SIDE, 12.60, A. BEAUTIFUL MASTERPIECE. >> Reporter: GU IS A. SAN FRANCISCO NATIVE. BUT COMPETES FOR. CHINA, WHERE HER. MOTHER IS FROM. >> SOMETIMES IT FEELS. LIKE I'M CARRYING THE. WEIGHT OF TWO. COUNTRIES ON MY. SHOULDERS. AND JUST BEING ABLE TO. SKI THROUGH ALL OF. THAT, YOU KNOW, AND. STILL SHOW MY BEST AND. STILL BE DEEPLY IN.

LOVE WITH THE SPORT. THAT'S REALLY WHAT I. CARE ABOUT. >> Reporter: ON THE. ICE, THE U.S. WOMEN'S. HOCKEY TEAM CONTINUED. THEIR DOMINANT RUN, BEATING SWITZERLAND. 5-0. >> A 5-0 VICTORY FOR. THE UNITED STATES. >> DESPITE A STRONG. SKATE FROM MARRIED ICE. DANCERS MADISON CHOCK. AND EVAN BATES --. >> THEY'RE SKATING. WITH PRECISION, WITH. EASE. >> Reporter: -- THEY. SIT IN SECOND PLACE. AFTER TONIGHT'S SHORT. PROGRAM. JUST HOURS AFTER CHOCK. AND BATES HELPED TEAM. USA WIN GOLD IN THE. TEAM EVENT, THEIR. TEAMMATE, ALYSA LIU, SAYS HER MEDAL BROKE.

SKIER BREEZY JOHNSON. HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. >> YEA.