Lindsey Vonn issued a heartfelt statement after a devastating crash ended her miraculous return to the Olympics. "Yesterday my Olympic dream did not finish the way I dreamt it would," Vonn, 41, shared via Instagram on Monday, February 9. "It wasn't a story book ending or a fairy [tale], it was just life. I dared to dream and had worked so hard to achieve it. Because in Downhill ski racing the difference between a strategic line and a catastrophic injury can be as small as 5 inches.