chest as the bike goes down. bike goes one way, deer goes one way, i go the other. you hear your own gear clacking around, hitting the ground. everything's just happening superfast. >> childers pulls himself up to assess the damage. >> by the time i looked, i'm standing and grabbing the bike, i turn over, look over my shoulder and the deer is already gone. it took off into the woods. so it seemed like it was okay. i was feeling around, make sure, just no real pain, nothing's broken for sure. then i'm thinking about there's a rider coming behind me and going to be coming around that corner just as fast and i want to be out of his way so i don't get hurt and he doesn't get hurt. i know race is close at this point. i hop on the bike which it still runs and brakes and levers all work, so bike's, you know, good enough to get me that last quarter mile, half mile to the finish. >> spectators at the finish line, including childers' wife, laura seville, hear the alarming