Team USA kicks off first competitions ahead of Opening Ceremony

BEGINNING THEIR QUEST. FOR GOLD. STEPHANIE GOSK IS IN. MILAN. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, IN MILAN, THE PUCK. HAS DROPPED IN THE. WOMEN'S OLYMPIC. HOCKEY TOURNAMENT. U.S. TEAM CAME OUT. FIRING, BEATING THE. CZECH REPUBLIC 5-1. IN ATTENDANCE, SECRETARY OF STATE. MARCO RUBIO, ALONGSIDE VICE. PRESIDENT JD VANCE. AND HIS FAMILY. ON DEFENSE, LEILA. EDWARDS ALREADY. MAKING HISTORY, BECOMING THE FIRST. BLACK WOMAN TO PLAY. FOR THE U.S. OLYMPIC. TEAM. I MET UP WITH HER MOM. BEFORE THE GAMES. IN JUST A FEW.

MINUTES, YOU ARE. GOING TO WATCH LEILA. TAKE OLYMPIC ICE FOR. THE FIRST TIME. WHAT'S RUNNING. THROUGH YOUR HEAD? >> I'M ECSTATIC. I'M OVERWHELMED, EXCITED FOR HER AND. REALLY PROUD. SHE'S WORKED VERY. HARD FOR THIS MOMENT, BUT WE'RE CHEERING. HER ON. >> Reporter: THE. STONES IN CORTINA. SLID SMOOTHLY. THE CURLING TEAM. BEATING NORWAY 8-6. AFTER A ROCKY START. >> WE'RE GREATFUL TO. BE HERE.

>> Reporter: ON THE. SNOW, BIG AIR LIVING. UP TO HIS NAME DURING. THE QUALIFYING ROUND. ON SKIS, THE MEN GOT. IN SOME DOWNHILL. TRAINING. THE WOMEN WHO COMPETE. ON A DIFFERENT. MOUNTAIN HAVE TO WAIT. UNTIL TOMORROW. BECAUSE OF HEAVY. SNOW. LINDSEY VONN POSTING. HER IMPRESSIVE INDOOR. WORKOUT ON SOCIAL. MEDIA, WRITING I'M. NOT GIVING UP WORKING. AS HARD AS I CAN TO. MAKE IT HAPPEN. VONN SAYS SHE INTENDS. TO RACE EVEN WITH A. RUPTURED LEFT ACL, BUT SHE NEEDS A.