BBC One Day 11: Christie in Speed Skating Qualifying Winter Olympics

And again, turmoil for Christie.

And again, turmoil for Christie.

I

can't believe that. She has been

penalised again.

Elise Christie gets

the chance to race for gold. A

nation holds its breath.

Christie

tries to make it on the inside and

she crashes out. Christie is out of

that once again.

Elise Christie,

trying to get to the Olympic final.

She has crashed again on the final

bend, yet again she ends up in a

distraught heap

The Olympic flame burning brightly

in Pyeongchang on day 11 of these

Winter Games and a fire in Elise

Christie's belly means she is out on

the ice, hoping to skate in this

morning's heats of the 1000 metre.

She suffered a nasty ankle injury

after crashed a night of Saturday's

1500 metres semifinals and after

spending some time in visible

discomfort the 27-year-old left the

Gangwang Ice Arena in tears on a

stretcher after her bid for a first

Olympic medal once again ended in

despair. You she is this morning in

the 1000 metre heats, hopefully

later on, she has been on the ice

practising today and in an hour's

time we expect to see her on the

start line. She is going in the

fifth heat. Let us get the news from

the camp. The performance direct for

short track speed skating is Stuart

Blanco. -- is Stewart Laing. The

news is that a lease is going to try

and raise. What does that mean

western market we've worked really

hard over the last two days to get

into the position she is in now and

what we have said all the way

through is that we take each step as

it comes.

She is heading an here,

going to get on the warm up ice, see

how her ankle is, and make a

decision after that.

If you were to

assess her fitness in percentage

terms for the layperson, where we

did he?

Good question, we don't work

in percentages like that. I would

say she is strong, able to do the

majority of the things we would be

looking for in the thousand metres

and I would say she is probably

going to take to the ice around

80-90% fitness.

Our Uihlein lead to

look at her when she gets the ice

and say she is 80-90% and say we

will give it a go, what you have to

be satisfied with?

Do be fair, the

decision is with her, we have done

the medical reviews up at HQ, the

performance and medical team are

happy with where she is out, now

it's a confidence and safety thing

which is why she will come down, get

onto the warm up ice and we will

reassess and make sure the ankle is

OK and then we will take it from

there.

How is she? She seems quite

chirpy on social media, is she well

mentally?

Absolutely, you know what

she is like, her usual playful self,

she's been on social media, wishing

all the other Team GB members good

luck and well done but their

performances, she was singing on the

eyes this morning in training, she's

in the best place that she can be.

That is good news for all her fans

and good news for her friends, Sarah

Lindsay was part of the short track

speed skating family for over a

decade, you've known her since she

was 15, she came down from Scotland,

left school, set herself up in

Nottingham, what is your ink of the

situation?

Firstly how amazing she

is back on the ice after being

stretchered off on Saturday, she has

an amazing support team, and they've

got her back on today, she skated

this morning and she feels good.

In

this day and age, the way athletes

communicate with the public is not

through press officers, is through

the medium of social media and this

is what she had to say today.

To

everyone, at I'm just about to go

and try and compete, I skated this

morning for the first time and it

went quite well considering the

circumstances. I'm looking forward

to seeing if I can get out there

today, and like to thank everyone

who helped me get to this point and

everyone for their support back

home.

She was smiling, she was

singing on the eyes this morning,

this is remarkable, isn't it?

She's

tough, she has one race today, she

has to get out there and get through

the race, she's not going to be 100%

but that gets very today she buys

herself a couple of extra days

recovery before she has to scape the

quarters and semis and the final on

Thursday. Let's head out to the

arena.

Wilf O'Reilly will be the

expert analyst. He can join us now.

We'll 80-90% be good enough to get

through her heat?

through her heat?

I would have

thought so, on paper she should get

through quite comfortable, she is in

the fifth heat, she will know what's

happened at the races prior to her

heat, getting through first second

will qualify, 80-90% should be

sufficient even though it's an

Olympic first round.

Who else should

we look out for?

I think at the

moment, the Chinese are having a

real disaster games. The first time

there's never been a Chinese skater

in the final. They will be looking

to make amends. The Canadian timber

town has had a medal in the 500

metres and the 1500 and I think

Choi, she was looking amazing in the

1500. Quite a large pool of people

that could take medals on Thursday

and as there is said, if Elise

Christie skates today she will buy

herself another 48 hours' time to go

into the quarterfinals on Thursday.

You've seen her, I assume today, how

do you think she is looking?

She

looked quite comfortable, the 1000

metres, I say, it's an elongated

Sprint, the start would be quite

important, I think that is where the

problem is going to be, to be able

to start comfortably and get on the

pace run the word go.

I'm assuming

we can definitively said she will

start because they were telling us

earlier if they were going to pull

her out they would have had to have

said by 9am our time which would be

25 minutes ago.

That's right,

ultimately she could not show up on

the start line, she would get a did

not finish, it's called that she has

to make herself, does she feel

confident and comfortable enough,

all the medal support team are quite

happy that it's not going to be a

long-term injury if she skates.

Just

a word on Charlotte Gilmartin and

Kat Thomson, Charlotte has had two

heavy falls, is she in a physical

and mental state, and good enough to

get through?

Again, on paper, I

think both of the skaters are quite

comfortably capable of getting

through to the next round, it is the

Olympic Games. One of the things in

the Olympics that is different from

the World Championships, the World

Championships is an accumulation of

points, the Olympics is a one-off

hit and unfortunately it hasn't been

going too well so far.

Thank you, we

will hear you in commentary and we

will be joining many of those heats

to give you the full story. Sarah,

from the point of view of someone

who understands short track speed

skating and has been in these

situations with heavy crashes,

trying to get up, to skate with

pain, when do you feel it and how

does it affect you, do you feel it

at the start?

The ankle problem is

going to be at the start of the

race, there is a lot more impact,

luckily this is not 500 metres, the

start in the 1000, it's important to

get into a good position early on

but she has great speed and she

can't make moves and can overtake,

even if she's not 100% from the

start it is not crucial.

She is

going to be in-line two, the way

she's been skating, I remember you

said in the semis you felt she was

leaving it a bit too late and

therefore got herself into a slight

panicky situation which ended up in

the crash. Would you rather she

simplify things?

I think for her in

the next race she needs to skate

clean, get through and I think if

she makes an early move and gets to

the front, takes control of the

race, she is going to lead in and

coast through quite nicely.

The 500

metres, ad is really frightening,

the 1500, she sort of dismissed, all

the way she's been saying 1000 is my

aim.

Yes, she likes the thousand

metres, considers at her best

distance but I really think we need

to look at one race at a time and be

happy that she has recovered so

quickly from a nasty crash and she's

back on the ice which is great.

Exactly, incredibly impressive.

We'll hear more from Sarah later,

here are some of the other names to

look out for this morning.

look out for this morning.

As we mentioned, 22-year-old Kat

Thomson fighting for a place in the

quarterfinals, Charlotte Gilmartin

has had two two events. Huge day for

both curling the men face the fancy

pants of Norway and the women got

the game is back on track with a win

against Japan, we've should you a

record-breaking ice dance

competition as two of the very best

went head-to-head and the costumes

stayed intact. Mica McNeill and make

a more who have been helped by cried

funding campaign are the only

British arbours and will be live for

the wrong this morning and we will

see how the Jamaican bobsleigh team

there. The coach but, taking the Bob

with them but they are by contract,

literally. Nigeria, the first

African nation to compete in

bobsleigh are there too. We'll catch

up on the latest in a curling in

case you weren't up in the early

hours, the men and women from

Britain had crucial qualifying

matches, we

Britain had crucial qualifying

matches, we look at the ice dancing

before going to the short track

speed skating. All the great British

women in action. The fast and

furious 500 metres men's qualifying

and we will see the gold decider in

the 3000 metres relay for the women.

Catching up on everything else. We

will head onto BBC Two after 1pm,

concentrating on the women's

bobsleigh and ice hockey.

And the news from ice hockey, the

men's ice hockey player from

Slovenia Seagate year glitch has

tested positive for a banned

substance. The Court of Arbitration

for Sport confirmed he tested

positive for fenoterol, a drug which

opens up the airways, he has

accepted it and will leave the

Olympics within 24 hours.

Olympics within 24 hours. Three

Olympic old medallists, Torvill and

Dean which is wonderful.

Olympic old medallists, Torvill and

Dean which is wonderful. Rhona

mentioning the drugs story with the

Slovenian ice hockey star.

Slovenian ice hockey star. -- Ziga

Jeglic. It looks as if the athletes

might lose the medals, a drug, Maria

Sharapova tested was a dearth for,

meldonium. What is that men to do? I

have no idea! LAUGHTER I would not

have a clue, once the B sample is

in, they will make a decision.

The

Russian athletes were all to be

clean, you know.

It helps with the

insurance, that drug, doesn't it?

It

may not help but the actual sport

you are playing it's all about

training and getting ready for it.

Absolutely. But as appointing, given

that the Olympic Athletes from

Russia are supposed to be clean.

Given everything that we have gone

through to get to this point, it's

disappointing.

His wife will be

furious. She knows it's her bronze

level as well and that is not good

news. Let's have a look at the

standings. This is one of the

biggest days or British curling, bar

none, here is work the British men

were willing into their game today

and in very good third place, to be

honest. Playing really well, Kyle

Smith in his rink, getting stronger,

joint third with Canada. But they

did need another good result and

they were up against Norway and

Rhona, you called Norway... Fancy

pants. They were very exciting

trousers. With the hammer in the

first end, Kyle Smith with this shot

to take three.

first end, Kyle Smith with this shot

to take three.

Yes, an open draw for

three, not a hard shot, Norway just

did not make the shot in the first

end. What an opportunity for

Britain. Open draw for three, thank

you.

The start, going 3-0 up, into

the second end, Norway with the

hammer.

Yes, so again just struggling in

this game to get off the mark. And

he is saying, come on, do it more.

And he caught the top one, and gave

Britain won, so 4-0 up for Great

Britain.

So that is pretty close. Do

they have to get the measuring stick

out? Great Britain had stolen one,

so they went 4-0 up into the fourth

Ed.

And again, going into this

fourth end, it is so imported from

Britain to score when they have got

their last stone and keep that

advantage of the lead. So again,

really nice shot from Kyle. Just a

wee Nick, and perfect for Britain.

And into ends six with Great Britain

now leading 6-3, and this was pretty

impressive.

Again, Norway trying to

throw

throw everything at them again,

Britain had the hammer and yet

again, a great shot from Kyle, the

draw for three. And thanks very

much.

And 9-3 is a really big lead.

Norway carried on.

They did.

But

they needed something massive to

happen here.

Yes, throwing

everything at it, trying to score a

big end to get back in the game, and

it just wasn't working for Thomas

Ulsrud today, everything he tried,

he struggled.

And that pushes the

red right into the centre of the

house, so it gives Great Britain the

steel. Under that point, Norway

conceded. So, the handshakes were

made, and that means Great Britain

are now into second equal with

Canada and Switzerland, so looking

really safe. One more round robin

match left against the USA. Would

you expect them to win that anyway?

Certainly the way the boys are

playing, definitely.

Sweden have

already qualified, eight matches,

just one loss. But the Great Britain

men getting stronger as the

competition goes on?

They are

definitely gaining in confidence,

their shot play is much more

accurate, they are making a few half

shots before but now they are really

on top of it. The ice is winning

more with the stones being sounded a

little, and the boys are playing

well and looking confident.

Rhona

was saying earlier on, the question

she was asked on Radio 2 by Chris

Evans. What did he ask you?

Can you

curl on skating ice? Because there

are quite a few skating rinks in

England...

are quite a few skating rinks in

England...

Sacrilegious! For the

curlers, that is. They need the ice

very smooth. We have turned up at a

curling before saying could we just

get our feet on the ice, and they

gasp. No we.

Torvill and Dean, get

out of here, you can't skate on our

ice! Let's have a look at the

women's standings. Many people may

have woken up to see Eve Muirhead in

action, and again, with the women,

they have had their ups and downs,

they had a really unlucky incident

against Sweden with a hog line

violation against Muirhead. But

basically they needed a win. It

would settle the nerves and leave

their fate in their own hands. It

was against Japan, and they have had

a very good game so far. But at the

end of ends six with the scores dead

level, what happens here?

They had

taken three, Japan, and Britain had

fought back well.

taken three, Japan, and Britain had

fought back well. They had fought

back and really went for it in the

sixth end, but they don't have the

hammer. But Japan are lying, and

they have got that second and third

counter, so it is so important for

Eve to lie second shot, which she

does perfectly behind cover.

So the

Japanese skip now needs to do what?

She could lift this double to take a

three, which I feel is a turning

point in the game, because it

certainly turned it in Britain's

favour now, because they swept this

the whole way and just further the

guard.

And that knocked it off line,

and meant that Britain stole.

They

had a steal. To steal three is a

massive point in the six then.

Japan

got right back in on their tails

again, Britain now leading 6-5 with

the hammer in the eighth.

And this

is where Japan set up the end well,

they are actually lying three at

this point, and this is a key shot

Eve

this point, and this is a key shot

Eve.

And again, you want to not

touch that guard, which she doesn't.

And she comes in and that the yellow

back and lies in the shot, and that

is fantastic there. It really puts

the pressure on Japan.

So, into the

tenth end, Britain now with 85-

lead. -- now with an 8-5 lead.

And

open take out, just needs to put it

anywhere and she has won the game.

Perfect. So, a little edgy at times

from both skips, but some great shot

play by the British team, and

another win on the board.

And you

sense that the more urgent it gets,

the better Eve Muirhead plays. Great

Britain up to third equal now with

Japan. South Korea, the host nation,

have already qualified, so it is

semifinals next and that will decide

who goes into the gold medal match

and who goes into the bronze medal

match, but Great Britain have one

more match against Canada, who are

struggling.

Absolutely, they lost

the first three and won the next

three, but they lost this morning,

so they are on a sticky wicket right

now, they know they have Britain to

play, Rachel Homan and Eve Muirhead

have played a lot of games against

each other and they know each other

well.

New light on what is their

head-to-head record?

It is pretty

even, I don't know exact numbers. So

this game coming up is a big game,

more sofa Canada than Britain.

I

know how supportive all of those

Olympic athletes are to each other,

and I know Eve Muirhead and all the

guys will be sending all their

positive vibes towards Elise

Christie. She really does look happy

on the exercise bike. I think the

relief that that soft tissue damage,

it might hurt, but it is not going

to prevent her skating, and she will

be out there in heat five of the

1000 metres at around about quarter

past ten this morning, that is a

remarkable recovery facility who was

taken off on a stretcher after the

semifinals of the 1500m and thought

that her were over. She is looking

very strong, so let's just hope, to

be honest, it is time for her luck

to turn, please? Right, let us

discuss the record-breaking ice

dance competition, which after the

short programme now moved into the

free programme. For in a half

minutes for the two best couples in

the world to freely express

themselves, and you can see that the

French pair had such trouble there,

because

because Gabriela's dress had a

trouble which stopped producing her

best, they were up against Tessa

Virtue and Scott Moir. Let's join

Robin Cousins and Katherine Downes.

COMMENTATOR: This is the ice dance

free dance here at the Gangneung Ice

Arena, and we will see gold, silver

and bronze handed out on this final

day of the Olympic competition.

Silver medal position at the moment

for the two-time world champions

Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume

Cizeron, the reigning European

champions, and they are less than

two points behind Tessa Virtue and

Scott Moir, who lead the way at the

moment. That wardrobe malfunction,

her dress falling off during the

performance yesterday, really

knocked them, but still less than a

point in it.

APPLAUSE

Its silky, it's smooth, it's

sublime. From the off, this was

billed as a battle for goal between

them at their training partners,

Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue.

Papadakis and Cizeron saying, be

that.

Individually strong, good,

solid skaters. Together, it's

special, and that's what happens.

The music will start and then you

see, and it is the detail for me,

even the way the fingers intertwined

in the opening move, it just draws

you in, come answer your attention.

And they feel every moment that they

are together, there is that

connection.

connection.

A new season's best, a

new world

new world record, 123.35. And it is

going to be a very big ask now for

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir to claim

their second Olympic title. Tessa

Virtue and Scott Moir, then, the

world champions, the 2010 Olympic

champions, in the gold medal

position coming into this free

dance, but they are going to be

extraordinary if they want to win

this gold medal. They are going to

need to beat the new world record

laid down by Gabriella Papadakis and

Guillaume Cizeron just two routines

ago.

CHEERING

CHEERING

CHEERING

CHEERING

It's brilliant but is it enough for

Olympic old?

The world champions from Canada.

They wanted to deliver and they

certainly did! I tell you, I am

looking at the screen is trying to

do the maths and it is tight at the

top. Goodness me.

They know they

could not have done any more. Tessa

Burchill and Scott Boyer had no

wriggle room, there was nothing for

them to play with, they could not

leave it out on the ice.

They

didn't, they absolutely smashed it.

-- Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. They

have done it!

The comeback is

complete. Silver in Sochi four years

ago, they took two years away from

competition, they returned to win

World Championship gold last year

and now it's Olympic gold!

Absolutely thrilling. Phenomenal.

Amazing champions, an amazing

performer is! Yes, very different to

Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume

Cizeron. These two are supreme.

I

don't think we could have skated any

better and with the pressure

mounting we sort of felt the weight

of the world as we took to the ice

and we looked at each other and

said, let's skate for us, we deserve

this already and we love this

programme, least we were able to do

that.

He went into the programme

knowing you needed a massive

performance to beat a world record

scorer.

We train with Gaby and her

partner, we had to come out hungry

and have our day we did that, that's

what we are most proud of, a lot of

things can go different ways, we

stuck to our plan, we are proud to

come out of this competition with a

gold.

When you do a world record

performance and you don't get the

gold, what do you feel about that?

You know, it's... It's sport, it's

like that. What is done is done, the

points are what they are, we are

proud of what we did today. We had

such a good feeling on the ice, it

was one of the most incredible

experiences we have ever had so far.

We are just really trying to enjoy

that.

What a competition. And for

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, there

are third Olympic gold medal, they

won one in the team competition in

Pyeongchang, in Vancouver in front

of their home crowd but this, the

tightest of the lot, you see the

brother and sister payer, Maia

Shibutani and Alex Shibutani, only

the second brother and sister

pairing to get the medal. Who were

the others? It was a French team. I

have always loved the Canadian

pairing, the fact they happen

dancing and skating together since

they were kids, over 20 years, this

was the gold medal winning

performance in Vancouver, a huge

moment for Canada. They got beaten

in Sochi, retired, came back again

and the only player that have beaten

them are Gabriella Papadakis and

Guillaume Cizeron. This was billed

as the big clash and they were so

far clear up the bronze medallist,

it was about a big two.

Amazing

event, I got tingles watching both

performances, completely different

styles of skating. The French

pairing have that beautiful clarity

of line, almost like ballet and then

you have the drama, the emotion that

Scott and Tessa bring to the ice.

Those two styles were completely

different. It was a choice. The

judges are looking at it technically

and artistically and in actual fact,

Gaby, they won the free dance but it

was all to do with the short dance,

but sort of lost them the medal

because they were just one and a

half points behind and it was so

tight in the free dance. That was

the result at the end.

I have to ask

you, Chris, it was so dramatic when

she stood on her partner's legs when

he was squatting, surely the blades

heard their legs.

It does, trust me.

I stood on his legs a few times.

But

it's all about holding tone.

You two

love this routine. Beautiful to

watch, fluid, organic. And you could

just watch it and not worry about

anything happening. No dress

malfunction today, it was just,

yes...

We have an empathy with these

guys, I have worked with them on

their short dance, such a lovely

couple, very gentle, good sense of

humour, their style of skating is

not representative of them because

they are good-humoured and fund but

the quality of skating is second to

none.

Robin Cousins said and

commentary when they stayed together

something special happens.

Yes, they

have a special aura about them and I

think they don't realise it, do

they, how good they are?

Would you

say the reason they didn't win the

gold-medal, Tessa Virtue and Scott

Moir won the free dance, they lost

it because her dress broke.

That's

taking it away from Scott and Tessa,

they had an amazing performance.

What they have done for skating is

amazing but look at the clinically,

it all happened in that short dance.

It did, didn't it? As for Nick

Buckland and Penny Coomes, they have

done so well to get here to

Pyeongchang, you think they'll be

happy enough with their performance,

making it through to the free,

finishing 11th?

I think for them,

they would have liked to have

finished higher but given the

adversity they have had with pennies

bashing her kneecap in eight lasers,

Nick has had his heart issues, a

couple of years before that, getting

to this Olympics is an Olympic event

in itself. -- Penny smashing her

kneecap in eight places.

Given the

issues they had, is there another

Olympics in them?

I think they have

decided, this is the third Olympics,

isn't it?

You know what? Never say

never. That is a neighbour. We

thought that after 84 and you know,

ten years later, we said, let's give

it another go.

Crazy people! It can

happen. For a Tessa and Scott, they

have been skating together such a

long time, the comeback has worked,

two gold medals from these games,

look at how young they were. My

goodness.

Nine and six. It's

endearing, in competition now a lot

of people change partners but to see

these guys from such an early age

staying together for that length of

time, it clearly helps.

They are 28

and 30, that's not ancient.

No, no,

it shows the passion they have for

it to be determined to come back and

not finish where they were as silver

medallists, they wanted to get back

to being gold medallist.

Third

Olympics, we were 35... It would be

a third gold medal but a fourth

Olympics.

How old did you say you

were?

35.

were?

35. I wasn't!

She was older! I

knew he was going to do that. Thank

you both so much, thrilling

competition, dutiful to see that

level.

Elevated to such a high

level.

Do you fancy it, run?

I love

watching it, so

level.

Do you fancy it, run?

I love

watching it, so dramatic, but not

for me, thanks.

An awful lot of

skaters in different disciplines

started off as skaters which is what

Elise Christie did, she got fed up

with the judging process, and she

wanted to switch to a sport work she

could control the outcome, she chose

short track, we have seen you can't

always control bad, she will be

skating on the 1000 metre heats,

taking to the ice in around 15

minutes for her heat, she's just got

to survive nine laps of the track

and through we hope, to the

semifinals

and through we hope, to the

semifinals on Thursday. We will also

have the keys of the men's 500

metres and the first-run of the

women's bobsleigh, a British team in

that, Mica McNeill and Mica Moore,

help from a cramped funding project

to get out there. Cars help from a

crowdfunding project. We will

concentrate on short track speed

skating and women's Bobsleigh.

skating and women's Bobsleigh.

COMMENTATOR: they've gone done.

Turmoil from Christie. I can't

believe it. Christie has been

penalised again.

Elise Christie gets

the chance to race for gold.

A

nation holds its breath.

Christie

tries to make it on the inside, she

crashes out. Christie is out once

again.

Elise Christie to get into

the Olympic final. Christie has

crashed again on the final bend, yet

again she ends up in a distraught

heap on the floor.

And I think it's fair to say these

Winter Olympics have shown us all

too clearly that with every glorious

winner comes the despair of those

who lose. Elise Christie has had

more than her fair share of that

feeling. Penny Coomes and Nick

Buckland are going out to support

her, and in the next 15 minutes we

will see her back on that ice,

because she knows that sport and

indeed life doesn't always go to

plan. It's how you deal with the

setbacks that defines you, and Elise

Christie is saying, fine, I can do

this, and just wonderful to see her

smiling, happy, laughing ahead of

her heat on the bike, and there she

is heading out into the prerace

area. Do they call it a hotbox?

The

heat box.

And maybe what has

happened actually freeze Elise up

mentally, because she has nothing to

prove, just by being out there,

being fit enough and strong enough

to line up in her heat, she can

think of anything else that happens

is a bonus.

She can be happy that

she is just back out on the ice and

it didn't end on Saturday for her.

John, hello, good morning. What is

your take on what you would like to

see from Elise Christie and indeed

Charlotte Gilmartin and Cap Thompson

in these heats?

I think it is about

getting up to the front of the race,

there was talk about how well Elise

would get off the start with the

ankle, but I want to see the girls

get up there, it is quick from the

start, they need to be as soon as

possible and it will keep all of our

nerves calmed.

And Sarah Yu was then

it is the push from the start that

might be the most painful bit if she

still has this heavily bruised and

battered ankle.

If the ankle is not

100%, potentially the impact of the

run at the start might be

uncomfortable for her commerce as I

said, luckily it isn't the 500

metres that she is left with, it is

the 1000, so I think to get out

there and get up near the front

would be a good move.

Give us all a

little bit, we will let you guys

relax, they are firmly behind Elise,

all the rest of the team just

ribbing her luck could change,

because her Olympic story so far has

been one of terrible knock backs,

frankly.

Elise Christie came to Pyeongchang

is the overall short track world

champion, with high hopes of an

Olympic medal, and after her triple

disappointment in Sochi four years

ago, it looked like that success

might just come in her first event,

the 500 metres.

COMMENTATOR:

Christie tried to make

it on the inside, but she is out of

it once again!

I know it is short

track and I am supposed to be

prepared for this, but it still

hurts, you know?

Once again,

heartbreak in the final, and sadly,

the 1500 metres would be even worse.

Christie in third place, and it is

between her and Christie as they

come round the final bend, and

Christie has crashed again now in

the semifinal.

Fortunately, no bones

were broken, but her right ankle

still isn't 100%.

With short track speed skating, the

boot is moulded around the ankle,

and it is a very delicate area,

because of the pressures you are

going through when going around the

corner. So on the shimmering they

will be looking at Cannes she handle

the pressure which will be put on

the ankle by the boot and also the

pressure that has been created when

she goes round the corner at 40 mph.

Fortunately, Elise's injury has

improved enough to allow her to

return to training over the past 48

hours.

She is strong and able to do

the majority of the things we would

be looking for in the 1000m, and I

would say she is probably going to

take to the ice at around 80 or 90%

fitness.

Elise has received

thousands of messages of support

from members of the public as well

as from some of her heroes such as

Dame Kelly Holmes and Jessica

Ennis-Hill, all of which, if she is

fit, could provide the boost she

needs to get that elusive medal.

I

am just about to leave to go down to

the rink to try to peak today. I

stated this morning for the first

time and it went quite well

considering the circumstances, so

I'm looking forward to seeing if I

can get out there to race today. I

want to thank everyone who has

helped me get to this point and

everyone from the spore background.

helped me get to this point and

everyone from the spore background.

That look back on Elise Christie's

story so far. What kind of

personality is she, Sarah, you never

really well.

She is a huge

personality. She is a bit kooky and

are out there, she is lots of fun

but she does know how to switch it

on and be a professional, and she is

very professional when it comes to

her sport.

And it clearly matters to

her so much that other athletes are

supporting her, people who know what

it's like to be in this position.

That is really lovely. Nobody really

understands what it feels like

unless they've been there

themselves, so I think when it comes

from people like that, I think it

means an awful lot.

John, as a

skater, is she the best the Britain

has ever produced?

I would say so,

yes. The results back that up. She

just needs to put in that

performance over the next few days

that will reiterate that, and it is

great to see all the team around

her, Joe and Gemma, making her feel

comfortable, just as we see that she

can be as relaxed as possible. It is

not about winning medals today, it

is about qualifying and just doing

enough.

And full credit to the team,

they have done a great job patching

her up again.

And that is what they

are therefore, they are there to get

her around. They have planned a

different scenarios and well

rehearsed and trained on their side

of things as well, so that is their

side of the job.

And what is the

latest on Charlotte Gilmartin,

because she has had a couple of

crashes.

She is good, looking

forward to the 1000m again, we talk

about it being more hustle and

bustle, and she likes that, she has

a good race and hopefully she can

get into the competition and build

their confidence.

Charlotte goes in

heat eight,

heat eight, Elise in heat three,

because you get a sense of the

hustle and bustle of the pacing of

the 1000m. 500 metres you never get

a chance to recover, 1500 metres

seems to hurt a lot, 1000m is in the

middle.

Tactics in the race early on

a very important, to get a good race

from the start.

And lane two for

Elise, is that a good position for

her?

We want to see her in the lead

with about six laps to go, it

doesn't always play out like that,

but she has strengthened a good race

to start with, and you would want to

make it as simple as possible.

I

suspect there will be a big crowd as

well, because main

well, because main -- Choi Minjeong

is going in this heat, South Korea

is the very heart of short track

speed skating, they love it, and

that is Choi Minjeong there. We will

find out how she got on and join the

third heat live.

COMMENTATOR: Welcome to the gangland

Ice -- gangland Ice Arena. We're

just waiting to see whether there is

any late Riparelli in this last

heat.

heat. And we are just watching now

the highlights of the previous heat,

this is Choi Minjeong, in the 1500

metres, and she looks comfortable

and confident as you would expect

from someone who has a gold medal in

her pocket already. Here we go, the

confirmation of the result, with

Choi Minjeong going through. The

skaters are out for the third heat.

The Korean who moved to Kazakhstan a

few years ago, Suzanne Schulting

from the medal and

from the medal and Netherlands, and

Petra Jaszapati from Hungary who

made the final of the 1500 metres,

she is at the back of the moment,

going wide on the outside. She is a

new name in the sport, she has had a

very good race so far.

And the

Ashley athlete from Russia still

raising the speed here with six laps

to go. Suzanne Schulting, a former

world junior champion, leading the

way at the moment. Kim is right

behind her.

behind her. Jaszapati just hanging

at the back by now.

Nobody seems to

want to take this race on. Suzanne

Schulting tried to shut the door on

a Katharina Fritsch kova there. She

is on the front, and Jaszapati is

still on the back for hungry as they

take the bell, Kim in the blue of

Kazakhstan, Suzanne Schulting

staying in the front, she will lead

them home, and relatively

unchallenged, she is ahead of

Efremenkova, the Olympic Athlete

from Russia, those two pretty

comfortable qualifiers.

And it shows

the conditions of the ice, it is

looking very good. Almost a second

outside of the Olympic record, said

to have skated sobbing like that in

the second row shows the conditions

are good.

And next we will have the

fourth heat, but let's just have a

look at this one. This was a rare

thing in short track speed skating,

a race devoid of controversy.

The

athletes are bit more relaxed, they

know what they need to do, and we

have had in the last three short

track days, 34 penalties from 12

different countries, just to give

you some idea how many issues have

been going on, and how many

penalties have been awarded to all

of these countries.

And who would be

a judge or head judge? So, that is

confirmation of the results from the

third heat, Suzanne Schulting and

Efremenkova safely through, no video

review, a pretty straightforward

thing, and there they are marching

away from the arena, and the

quarterfinals are on Thursday.

Kathryn Thomson is in this next one,

the 22-year-old who has raised all

three distances here. A quick look

at the line-up for Kathryn Thomson,

it is pretty tough, she has Jessica

Kooreman of the United States who

was fourth in this event in this

event four years ago. Valerie

Maltais, and Arianna Fontana who won

the 500 metres earlier in

competition here in Pyeongchang.

Kathryn Thomson moves around the

outside, she knows that Arianna

Fontana will be challenging at the

end. Using that speech he has got

from the 500 metres, so really she

knows that is the place where she

needs to be. Valerie Maltais from

Canada moves up the inside.

And

Kathryn Thomson knows she has to try

to mix it because she is very much

the outside of these four, but she

is staying as near to the front she

can, and she is still in the running

here at the moment. Valerie Maltais

leads, biding her time in third

place, Arianna Fontana.

And the

Italian moves into first place.

Arianna Fontana in blistering form

goes to the front, two laps to go

over the line, with Valerie Maltais

in second place, Kooreman in third,

and Kathryn Thomson losing place

with the others. This is going to

form, Kooreman is trying to mix it

to see if she can upset the odds,

she is going to try to get away on

the inside. And Maltais stays on her

feet, Kooreman has but has to settle

for third, and in fourth Kathryn

Thomson of Great Britain.

That was a

superb piece of skating by Arianna

Fontana. Valerie Maltais will have

to wait and see what the official

result is. I wouldn't have thought

that the American had right of way,

so to speak, so the referees are in

fact going over to the replay, and

we will have to wait and see what

their final decision is, that you

can see the Italian Arianna Fontana

on the inside track moving through

very comfortably, and this is the

discussion really between the

Canadian and the American, who was

really right, and she is just moving

up the inside, and Kooreman of the

United States clearly not pass the

Canadian, and I don't think they

will be any court on that.

Arianna

Fontana is so consistent, six

Olympic medals, but now on the track

as Kathryn Thomson departs the

Olympic Games, her first Olympics,

having had the experience of all the

events, Elise Christie, the world

champion, is coming up onto the

track next. That is confirmation of

the results of the fourth heat. No

video review required. There is

Elise Christie, clearly not fully

fit with that ankle damage. Picked

up in the crash in the semifinal of

the 1500 metres the other day. But

keen to have a go here. If she can

just get through this heat, she will

have another couple of days to

recover. Lara Van Ruijven is ranked

12th in the world, Andrea Kessler of

Hungary, and Magdalena Warakomska

from Poland.

And away they go, Christie goes down

before they reach the very first

corner. Her races over before it

started, she is still on the ground

as the race continues, the officials

go to check on her, the other

athletes are coming to a halt, I

think we will be restarting the

race. But whether Elise Christie

will be able to restart the race, we

cannot be sure. Her team-mate

Charlotte or Martin will be in heat

number eight, here it is again.

I

think she put her toe on the right

skate into the ice, she caught the

blades of Kessler. No words for

this. She clips the back of the

blade of Kessler as she goes on the

bend, they are allowed to restart.

Now the question is, do they feel

that the fall, I think it's over.

APPLAUSE

I think the Olympic Games is finally

over for Elise Christie. She is

skating over to the side of the

track.

I don't think it is, they are

checking the blades, they are

allowed to do this, they are

repairing the eyes. Just checking

the blades. When I had my problem in

Lillehammer I had to leave the ice,

here they are allowed to check the

blades to make sure everything is

OK.

She is going to go again. Elise

Christie is not finished. I wondered

before the camera was on her, she

spoke to one of the officials, who

pointed to where the exit was. The

crowd started applauding, I think

they thought it was over, Elise

Christie will take to the start

again. Heat five.

Away they go. Christie at the back

of the field, at least she has

avoided trouble, she can get up to

speed, I think the start was going

to be the hardest.

Absolutely,

particularly after the fall, she

can't put pressure on it, now it's a

question, nine laps, skaters won and

two will go through, we are hoping

and praying for her to qualify.

Six

and a half laps to go, Van Ruijven

from the Netherlands in front,

Kessler from Hungary second. Elise

Christie should not have a problem

getting through. The draw, pretty

kind to her, relatively speaking,

can she get up to full speed, can

she find a way through to finish in

the first two?

The last lap time,

nine points 75, she moves through

into third place, one and two to

qualify.

Christie ready to make a

challenge, three laps to go, Van

Ruijven comes round, Christie has a

look at the inside, stays on her

feet, she sees a little gap, forced

out why, staying third, Van Ruijven

taking around with three laps to go,

Christie taking a long way around,

goes into the back of her opponent,

forcing her way into second place. A

battle, Van Ruijven from the

Netherlands leading but have they

love to go, Christie in position to

qualify, Van Ruijven first over the

line, risky in second, Kessler

forth. At the second attempt, the

race was completed. She picks

herself up from the ice, literally,

to have a second goal and this time,

she manages to get the job done, she

is through the heat and Elise

Christie, the world champion, still

in the women's 1000 metres, she

limped away from the start, doing

this hardware.

She certainly is,

squeezing through. Wouldn't be

surprised if Kessler gets a penalty

here, she of course was the skater

on the outside of Christie, Visteon

was going down again, manages to

stay up, the River Reeves looking at

the video replay to find out whether

or not Kessler, in my opinion

blocked on Christie but of course

Christie finished in a second

qualifying position, she will go

through to the quarterfinal on

Thursday.

Quite a physical race as

she is carried from the arena. At

least not on a stretcher. Running

repairs for Elise Christie. We await

the judges verdict on the race. Was

a physical race that she was

involved in and involved in the

physicality.

Absolutely, showing the

courage this young lady has, sheer

determination, it would have been

quite easy to turn round and say I

am going to stop, I am injured, but

there was another incident.

Kessler,

and then there was another one.

Kessler comes in onto Christie.

Doesn't Christie get involved...

A

little bit as well. There are two

issues, you are not allowed, if

someone comes up the inside, you are

not allowed to change lanes, block

the skater coming up the inside.

Looking anxiously at the scoreboard.

High above the rink. The review is

taking place but I'm hoping it's

coming close to reaching a

conclusion now. Elise Christie has

left the scene of the race. But the

result has not been confirmed. As of

yet.

The referee has gone across.

Yellow card Elise Christie.

That is

really amazing. I cannot believe

they have awarded her a yellow card.

That really puts the tin hat on her

Olympic Games. It's hard to think

how it could have got any worse. But

it just has. Elise Christie is out

of the Olympic Games. She finished

the race in second place, came over

the line in a qualifying position,

she's been given a yellow card, that

means she has been thrown out of the

competition.

Of the 1000 metres.

Over for her. The final event.

That's it. We'll have to reflect on

that shortly. Meanwhile the racing

continues. Heat number six.

The Netherlands in fourth place, the

athlete in red from China, going to

the front, the Olympic silver

medallist. Six laps to go.

I'm still

in shock about the yellow card. For

Liz Christie. There is a massive

crash and there is only one skater

still up. Seidel up as well.

The

skaters are all over the place. At

the front of the race, the Chinese

athlete the only one who avoided the

crash. She has three to go, the

others scampering around behind her.

I'm not sure of what happened, I

think Seidel was going on the inside

of the bed, collided, both skaters

went down, taking them both down,

the skater from Russia went down as

well with one and a half laps to go.

A lap to go.

The Chinese skater will

glide home effortlessly in first

place. She wins the heat, the others

are still racing and the Olympic

Athlete from Russia, I think will

take second. Ahead of the

Netherlands. But I think certainly

the Olympic Athlete from Russia

hurting as she crossed the line,

high-speed, spectacular speed for

the three of them.

We are now up to

36 penalties in four days, a yellow

card.

Can you explain what that

yellow card means, in football if

you get a yellow lid means you get a

warning but you can carry on as

before. Cars yellow card. Tell us

exciting for the means and why they

have given her.

It means, short

track speed skating there is a

Labour on Bing and barging, some of

that intentional, some of it not,

when a skater is given a yellow card

they are taken out of the petition,

1000 metres in this instance. That

is because the referee felt it was

intentional as opposed to

accidental.

What was intentional?

As

I already said, the camera decision

we are seeing here are not the

camera positions that the referees

have available to them. It this

makes it very difficult, they are

seeing stuff from different camera

angles van der Voort we are seeing.

-- than what we are seeing.

It

happened so quickly we have no time

to reflect but I am sure Clare

Balding will be able to do that in

the studio when the seats have

finished. Two more heat is to come,

we are waiting for the verdict from

heat six, that is quite the skaters

are standing, not disappearing to

the dressing room. Just to clarify,

a yellow card means you are thrown

out of that distance. Absolutely. A

red card would mean you are thrown

out of all the competition.

Any

distance. Absolutely. We are seeing,

the Chinese skater moves, quite

comfortably, Seidel of Germany moves

into the front, there is no issue

there. I think the issue really

happens a lot later in the race.

This is after the initial fall.

We are not really seeing the

footage, what is really happening.

Both girls waiting for the official

result from the referee. It's almost

like the figure skating, the

deliberation zone as I would call

it.

The scowling stops when it does

not go your way. Kirchhoff was the

skater who finished in the silver

medal position and profited from the

crash that Elise Christie had in the

first race, the 500 metre final.

There may be two penalties, two

different incidents, two different

labs.

When we get to a final in

short track speed skating, if enough

of them I disciplined you can have a

medal going to someone in the B

final.

final.

Two penalties.

Do you have

any complaints with that decision?

This is an issue we have been

discussing. Rob Wotton we can see, I

think it was a relatively fair call.

-- from what we can see.

Both cost

infringement. Here is heat number

seven.

An Olympic relay gold medallist from

Sochi, three-time World Championship

medallist, won an Olympic bronze in

Vancouver. The penultimate heat in

the women's 1000 metres.

Typical

tactics by the Canadians.

tactics by the Canadians. Kim from

Korea takes the lead.

Korea takes the lead. St Gelais and

Kim swapping the lead.

Making her way into the Olympic

team, other than John Henry Kruger,

on the blades that the United

States, it's not been a great

Olympics. St Gelais looking

comfortable, winning three silver

medals at the World Championships,

including one in the housing

bidders. St Gelais overtaken on the

outside I Kim from Korea. The gap

starts to open.

Superb piece of

overtaking on the outside. St Gelais

stretching back to him from Korea in

the lead.

A lap to go. Really spread

out around the track, we can clearly

see who is going to be one and two.

Kim and St Gelais. The Japanese

skater in third. The United States

bringing up the rear.

A much more

straightforward race. I don't think

there will be any issues there, no

video replay necessary. We are

looking at the referees, this

American referee Alan Grisham is

going over to the video replay so we

will have to wait for this official

result, I think that's the incident,

just tries to move up the inside,

normally speaking, if you do get

advanced to the next round you have

to be in a qualifying position,

either one or two, even if there is

a penalty awarded she was not in a

qualifying position. Therefore it

just means that skater gets a

penalty.

Those two crossed the line,

clearly better than the other two.

One more heat to come, it features

Charlotte Gilmartin from Great

Britain. 27 who crashed out of both

her events so far. Best result in

the thousand metres in the World Cup

competition this winter was seventh

in the Netherlands. A four time

European Championship medallist. Kim

leaves the arena, we have a last

look at this race. Kim and St Gelais

were the first two.

Clearly no

problems. Really about whether there

should be a penalty. Awarded to the

American.

There is a penalty, and it is just

being announced now. And the

American gets the penalty, and Samir

Rachel

Rachel remains, but she wasn't in a

position to potentially qualify

anyway. Let's get on with the last

final. Kim Boutin has a medal

already. Charlotte Gilmartin

therefore Great Britain. Hitomi

Saito from Japan, bronze medal last

year, and CMascitto from Italy is

straight down already, and she

wasn't involved with anybody else,

so they will not restart the race.

It was like what happened to Elise

Christie, so therefore the starter

will not restart the race.

So you will say that Kim Boutin is

the most likely to win this race,

but Charlotte Gilmartin needs to

stamp authority on to this.

The

British camp are extremely down

after what happened to Elise

Christie, but it is important now

that Charlotte Gilmartin tucks into

that second place and maintains her

position.

Five to go, Charlotte

Gilmartin in second place behind Kim

Boutin of Canada. It is Hitomi Saito

and Cynthia Mascitto she needs to

keep behind her now. Kim Boutin has

got the speed she needs to come out

on top in virtually every scenario

here.

She makes it look so easy, Kim

Boutin, even in the curve, two arms

on her back. It is important that

Charlotte really hangs onto the back

of her tail now.

This will be a big

race for second place, Charlotte

Gilmartin being put under pressure

from Hitomi Saito of Japan. She is

in a fight now to qualify, one lap

to go. Kim Boutin leads the way, and

it is Hitomi Saito in second place,

Charlotte Gilmartin losing a bit of

ground now. It doesn't look like she

will be able to close the gap, she

can't, and Kim Boutin wins that

heat, as one would expect. It went

to form, but Hitomi Saito, ranked 23

in the world at this distance in the

end just had too much speed for

Charlotte Gilmartin, who goes out of

the competition at the first hurdle.

We can see that for by the Italian,

she jumps back up, of course she

fell on her own, she is only skating

the 1000m, she didn't take part in

the 500 or the 1500, so I guess the

nerves got the better of her, and

Charlotte Gilmartin they're just

being taken over by the Japanese.

At

her best, Charlotte Gilmartin has

the ability to get through a heat

like that?

Absolutely.

But it wasn't

to be, and Kim Boutin looking pretty

confident with a couple of medals in

her pocket already. And here's the

confirmation pretty quickly, Kim

Boutin and Hitomi Saito going three,

Charlotte Gilmartin in third place,

so Kathryn Thomson, Charlotte

Gilmartin and Elise Christie all

failing to make it through from the

heats of the women's 1000m.

So, let's take a quick look now,

qualification of the

quarterfinalist. Suzanne Schulting,

a medallist

a medallist last year, Efremenkova

who got up off the floor to qualify,

and the rest of those who have made

it through, including Yara Van

Kerkhof and Kim Boutin.

Kerkhof and Kim Boutin. Shim Sukhee

won a medal in Sochi four years ago.

Those quarterfinals will be on

Thursday.

CLARE BALDING: And just huge sadness

that Elise Christie won't be among

them, and nor will Charlotte

Gilmartin and nor will Kathryn

Thomson, but for Elise Christie to

be brave enough to get back out

there on the ice, having a fall on

the first start of her heat, still

getting up and going out again,

finishing second and then to get

disqualified, that just seems pain

beyond... It's not fair, John.

That

is what sport is, and that is why we

keep wanting to watch it, because we

just don't know what is going to

happen. She gave it a good go today,

and what happened on the start is

another twist in the tale, but she

gave it her best shot and that is

all we can ask for.

She clearly

wasn't feeling. If, because she went

for it, on this first start, to try

and get out in front.

Yes, she did,

I thought she would skate off and

try and do something later, but she

caught the skate of the other girl

and tripped, and she looked a little

bit shaken, probably, from that

fall, because she wouldn't have been

expecting that to happen. And to get

back up and go again, it probably

rocked her confidence a little bit.

I think going into that race before

that she would have been feeling

quite happy that she was in a good

place, and the medical team had done

a great job and cleared her to race,

but I think then that would have

shook up, and then when we go on to

see the actual race.

She takes a

different tactic.

You can see the

confidence is not there. If she was

going to sit in the race, you would

want to see her go around the

outside in keep it as clear as

possible, because we talked about

trying to get to the front and after

that start that wasn't going to

happen but then she starts making

smaller inside moves.

So on the

restart, you can see that she

deliberately going for a slow start,

to build up the pace gradually, not

going to get involved in the

argy-bargy, but unfortunately makes

the decision to go around the inside

to overtake rather than sweeping

round the outside, and therefore

gets into trouble twice.

And that is

where she has ended up getting a

yellow card, because although

mentioned by Will you do get a card

or dangerous skating, but I don't

think that was this one, it was the

fact that she picked up two

penalties in two different

incidents, and I think that amounted

to the yellow card. She looks

confident the back, and looks like

she is winding up the Yuchen see

where she is not as confident as she

would be in a race like this, she is

taking

taking up the inside options and

moving up the track slowly.

It is

shorter to go on the side but more

risky?

Definitely. Around the

outside you have more space but you

do need the strength, and that is

where not having as much confidence

probably meant that she went the

easier route.

So that undertake was

fine?

Yes, and you wonder shisha

granny tax eye but she gets caught

in an incident there, and I think

she does make quite good speed

coming out of the corner to make the

overtake, but obviously the

Hungarian girl shuts the door on

her.

And had their just been that

one incident, it might have been all

right.

By the sounds of it she would

have got a penalty for that, and

then she gets another penalty here

when Chi double pushes against the

Polish girl, and then that leads to

a double penalty which further

yellow card.

So she hasn't done

anything dangerous? It is a double

infringement, so effectively in

football it would be two yellow

cards and therefore the red

football it would be two yellow

cards and therefore the red? Oh,

dear.

And I think they are she can't

carry on her speed, obviously the

girl that is in front, the Dutch

girl, hasn't gone quick enough to

open that gap for Elise to slot

into, so then Andrea Kessler from

Hungary is able to shut the door.

She has almost come across the track

too much.

Nicky Gooch, the coach,

carrying her off to protect as much

as possible. In your opinion, John,

is the disqualification just?

Yes.

It is a racing incident, and we talk

about trying to make it as clear as

possible, because if you don't you

come into the hand of the referee,

and they have a chance to watch the

video back and that didn't had two

penalties.

We are going live back to

Pyeongchang to talk to Elise

Christie.

Just tell us what is going through

your mind right now.

To be honest,

not much. A few days ago, I didn't

think I would be getting on the ice.

I did everything I could to turn

this around, I had ligament damage

in my ankle, and putting a skate on

with that is not the comfiest thing

in the world. And we did everything

we could to turn this around, and it

just wasn't meant to be.

If it was

any other competition, would you

have been on that start line today?

No, I would've been off the ice for

five or six weeks. I would have been

in rehab. I wouldn't have got on if

it was the World Championships, and

that wouldn't have been my choice, I

would have been told I wasn't

getting on. The only reason they

gave me the choice is because it was

the Olympics. The worst that could

happen is

happen is that I fell off the start,

but to me that didn't matter. I

trained all my life this, it was

everything to me, and... It's done.

I think everyone watching will think

that you've got a hell of a lot of

guts.

Thanks. I don't know. I just

felt like I owe it to Britain, you

know? I can put my hands are right

now and say I don't know why I have

got the yellow card. When I watched

the race, I was kicked on the start

and fell over, I have never had a

yellow card in my life, never mind

penalties, I barely get penalties. I

went to the inside, and on the

video, I am past the girl, so I have

no idea. The only thing I can think

of is possibly the referee doesn't

think it's safer meter race with my

ankle wages, because he was in

courage in me to get off the ice

after the fall at the start, and if

that is it, then fair enough, I can

see why he might not want me to race

like that, because it might not be

the safest.

We know how much work

you put in, and you're talking about

putting short track out there, I

think you have done that, you are

the world champion. How do you some

up these games? Because I think it's

fair to say that it hasn't gone very

well.

You'll have to ask me

tomorrow, I think. Right now I'm a

bit shell-shocked. I worked hard to

come back from this injury, most

people wouldn't have skated with my

ankle the way it was, I can barely

bend my knee. The only thing I can

say is I can promise Britain that I

will fight back from this and I will

come back for Beijing, and hopefully

I can do Britain proud of then.

Back

to Beijing, so I know that after the

last time, you felt like you

couldn't go on, but this time you

don't feel that? It's different this

time, you can go to Beijing?

Yes, I

have so much belief in the programme

and myself, none of that was my

physical capability. You know, it

was just short track. What else can

I say? Everyone has been such a

massive support to me, Team GB, to

turn this around. Everyone at home,

most of the people, anyway, I can't

believe how supportive they have

been, and I definitely think I can

come back and medal in Beijing, it

is frustrating having to wait four

years. It wasn't to be this time.

Listen, despite what has happened,

we are all immensely proud of you,

and you are the world champion, and

lots of people come to the Olympics

and don't win medals, so we're

really proud you had the guts to get

out on that start line, and we are

looking forward to seeing you back

in Beijing.

Thank you, and I would

like to thank all the kids that have

sent me messages. I really

appreciate it, the kids that have

sent messages saying they are

inspired by me, they have no idea

what that means to me, but it is

amazing that five-year-olds and

seven-year-olds can find me

inspiring, that brings tears to my

eyes, you know?

Thanks very much.

Thanks.

Elise Christie admitting she is

still shell-shocked, doesn't

understand why she got the yellow

card, but confirming this is not the

end of her Olympic challenge, she

will be back in four years' time.

She will be 31 by then, still

determined to win a first Olympic

medal, but her Olympics for this

year, for 2018, is over. Sarah, what

did you make of what she said there,

and of what has happened to her

today?

I think it was a really nice

and honest interview from her, and I

think she probably is a little bit

shell-shocked, and she needs to let

things sink in. And book a holiday!

Take a little bit of time off. She

has four years until the next games,

and lots to do in between them, but

I think maybe a bit of downtime.

She

mentioned that the referee was

having words with her after the

first false start, after she fell on

the first start for her heat, and is

that the referee there with the

headphones?

That would have been one

of the referees, yes.

And do you

think he's checking she's all right?

Would think he's saying.

He would

have been just checking, the duty of

care being the head referee for the

girls, he would've come over and

checked if she was OK, and

obviously, would have been asking

her how she is doing, to find out

whether she is ready to go again.

Is

there any right of appeal?

No. In

this instance, no. They have checked

the video numerous times, we don't

see the same footage as they get to

see, the referees will see it

overhead and in front and down the

straight, so we don't get to see

that footage may be until after the

event, but yes, there is no right of

appeal here.

Sarah, she was saying she doesn't

understand why she got the

infringement, there were undertakes

that were not illegal, not worthy of

a penalty.

She has not had the

chance to have a look at the video,

how you feel when you get off, all

the adrenaline, what happens during

the race, it flashes past you very

quickly, she might feel differently

when she looks at the video replay

and she has gone and analysed it.

I

think she has a point with racing

against Kessler, the Hungarian girl,

she probably may feel a bit harsh on

that because she got alongside her

and she tried to make space but

unfortunately it was not there. With

the Polish girl, I would say that

was a clear penalty.

I think when

your intentions are good and you are

not intending to cause trouble or

cause a penalty, it doesn't feel

there, because that's not what you

are trying to do.

Do you think she

would have raced differently, a

fully fit Elise Christie, despite,

if the ankle was and still hurting,

a belief that Elise Christie would

have gone round the outside and gone

I'm better than you lot.

Without a

doubt, who she was racing against,

she would have sat at the back and

gone round the outside is not gone

to the front at the start and

dominated. She can clearly see where

she is out, she was obviously

disappointed in that interview but

she realises maybe today she was not

at full fitness and there's nothing

else you can do. She gave it her

best shot, today wasn't meant to be,

she probably realised that with the

injury.

Desperately disappointing

for British fans, desperately sad

for Elise Christie but so impressive

she can come out and say after that

I am going again, going to try for

another Olympics. Let's go out to

Pyeongchang and speak to Wilf

O'Reilly, how do you sum up today?

Basically, immense courage that she

has shown to get on the ice, clash

blades with the Hungarian Kessler,

to go back to the start of the 1000

metres, 20-30 metres off the pace

and close the gap in a qualifying

position and what I believe, I

happened to seeing the actual replay

that the video referee sees but what

I understand is there are two issues

that have happened during the course

of the race and because one was a

penalty and the other was a penalty,

I actually don't feel it was a

penalty at all but I haven't seen

the video footage to confirm that.

Basically two penalties means you

get a yellow card which is a warning