Injury frustrates Elise Christie as medal hunt ends in Dordrecht
Published 26/10/2017 at 12:39 GMT+1
There was disappointment for Team GB’s brightest PyeongChang 2018 medal prospect Elise Christie on Saturday as an injury prevented her from challenging for a medal at World Cup 2 in Dordrecht.
PyeongChang Winter Olympic hopeful Elise Christie
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The world record holder at 500m and triple world champion still collected some useful Olympic qualifying points, though, as she reached the semi-final of the 1500m and the quarter-final of the 500m in the short track event in the Netherlands.
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A minor thigh injury was cited as the reason for Christie’s failure to make more of an impression, but she will look to recapture her best form in World Cup 3 in Shanghai in November.
“I am obviously disappointed, as anyone would be in this situation, but when I get back I am confident I can make a full recovery before we go to Asia and perform at the top level again,” Christie said.
Christie took bronze in the 1000m in World Cup 1 in Budapest at the start of October.
Team-mate and close friend Charlotte Gilmartin is also hoping to make an impact at the Winter Olympics in February and competes in the quarter-finals of the 1000m in Dordrecht on Sunday in search of qualification points.
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