Great Britain’s Elise Christie made a promising start at the opening day of the ISU World Championships in Montreal, claiming a fifth place finish in the 1500m.

Elise Christie’s is set to put her Winter Olympics heartbreak behind her by jumping straight into this week’s World Championships in Montreal today.

“Competing in Sochi at the winter Olympics was the most incredible experience, I was in a state of excitement for a whole month!”

Performance director Stuart Horsepool has told Britain’s short track speed skaters to be mentally ready as he anticipates this week’s World Championships being on a par with last month’s Winter Olympics.

Britain’s Elise Christie safely reached the quarter-finals of the short track women’s 1,000m with an assured skate after a week of turmoil at Sochi.

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.

Elise Christie’s won the 1000m gold on the final day at the short track speed skating European Championships in Dresden, Germany.

  GB short-track skater Elise Christie won the bronze medal in the 1000m at the World Cup yesterday, 17 November, in Kolomna, Russia.

Elise Christie suffered no serious ill-effects after a crash with two other skaters on the penultimate day of the final Olympic short track speed skating qualifier in Kolomna, Russia.

Great Britain’s short track speed skating team have failed to qualify either the men’s or women’s relay team to next year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi.