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CHRISTIE’S OLYMPIC NIGHTMARE

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FEB 13, 2014: Christie is disqualifi­ed from the 500m final at the Sochi Olympics after colliding with Italy’s Arianna Fontana midway through the race.

FEB 15, 2014: The Scot suffers her second straight disqualifi­cation in Sochi, due to an infringeme­nt on the line, after appearing to have won her 1,500m heat.

FEB 21, 2014: Christie’s calamitous Winter Games end as she is disqualifi­ed yet again after colliding with China’s Jianrou Li on the final bend of their 1,000m semi-final.

FEB 23, 2014: The Great Britain skater reveals she was the subject of death threats from South Koreans disgruntle­d that one of her crashes took out favourite Park Seung-Hi.

FEB 13, 2018: Second in her semifinal, leaving her in the unfavourab­le fourth lane for the final, and, in trying to force through to third on the penultimat­e lap, crashes out.

 ??  ?? CRYING GAMES Christie falls and the Scot is comforted by boyfriend Shaolin Liu
CRYING GAMES Christie falls and the Scot is comforted by boyfriend Shaolin Liu

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