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Elise Christie announces retirement from short track speed skating in emotional social media post

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Livingston-born short track speed skater Elise Christie has announced her retirement from the sport.The 31-year-old made the decision just a fortnight after suggesting an ankle injury had put paid to her hopes of competing at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.Christie, who spent most of her glittering career based in Nottingham, racked up over 70 medals at world and European competitions but suffered agonising disappointment at consecutive Winter Olympics.In 2014 in Sochi, Russia she was disqualified from all three events before suffering two disqualifications and a crash four years later.The highlight of Christie’s illustrious career arguably arrived at the World Championships in 2017.There, she became the first British and European woman

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