Winter Olympics: Elise Christie carried off on stretcher after crash
It's agony again for Elise Christie as the world champion crashes out of her event for the second time at the Winter Olympics.
Sunday 18 February 2018 05:12, UK
Elise Christie has crashed out of her semi-final in the women's short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics in South Korea.
The 27-year-old Great Britain medal hope fell on the last bend of the 1,500m race and was taken out of the Gangneung Ice Arena on a stretcher.
She tried to cut through to take second place but took out Li Jinyu of China and slid into the barriers.
She was then tended to by medics.
The official race scoreboard showed that she had also been penalised.
Christie, a three-time world champion, had also crashed out in her bid for gold in the women's 500m final as she appeared to lose balance and crash into barriers after coming close to another competitor.
She has one more hope of winning an Olympic medal in the 1,000m next week, if she is fit enough to compete.
Earlier, Izzy Atkin has won Britain's first Winter Olympics skiing medal, with a bronze in the ski slopestyle event.
And Dom Parsons came third in the men's skeleton on Friday.