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Team GB's Elise Christie crashes out of Winter Games

Speed skater Elise Christie's calamitous Winter Olympics came to an end as she crashed out of the women's 1000m semi-finals on the final bend.

Great Britain's Elise Christie collides with China's Li Jianrou

Christie, who had did not finish at either of her previous 500m and 1500m disciplines, sought to force her way through for a top-two finish.

But she tangled with China's Jianrou Li and both were disqualified for impeding, leaving race winner Suk Hee Shim and another Chinese skater, Kexin Fan, to go through.