Sochi 2014: Elise Christie misses out on silver medal in the short track

February 13, 2025

GB’s Elise Christie missed out on an Olympic silver medal after receiving a penalty as the women’s 500m short track final in Sochi.

Christie, Italy’s Arianna Fontana and South Korea’s Park Seung-hi collided early in the race; the 23 year old recovered first to cross the line behind China’s Li Jianrou but was penalised for causing the crash and demoted to eighth position.

“The referee has made a decision and I have to respect that. I do respect it, everyone will have a different opinion on what happened but that is the way short track works. When it comes to it, it is out of my control,” she said.

“It is pretty annoying. People don’t normally take hits in the first lap. It is frustrating that the race was kind of over from the start. No one really got to see what they could do out there.

“When I finished I just didn’t know what call was going to be made. When you are in a race doing it, you feel different to what it looks like. I can’t really change it now.”

Lizzie Flint, Sportsister
The Women’s Sports Magazine

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