Kilmarnock speed skater Kathryn Thomson left fuming after crashing out at Beijing 2022

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Kilmarnock's Kathryn Thomson was left rueing her luck after the first event of her Winter Olympic campaign lasted fewer than 15 seconds.Thomson made her Games debut four years ago in PyeongChang but didn't progress beyond the heats in any of her events.She lowered the colours of three-time world champion Elise Christie in the team trials last year but her 500m heat here was a blink and you’ll miss it affair, crashing in the very first lap.Thomson, who also competes in the 1000m and 1500m, admitted frustration her race wasn't restarted after spinning into the hoardings and pounding the ice in frustration.This sport is often compared to human dodgem cars - here in Beijing the luckless Brits were taking bumps and knocks from all sides."I don't think I made 15 seconds before I hit the ice, that's really frustrating as I was looking forward to that race," she said."I got a really good start but then I felt hands on my legs and the next thing I was on the ground.

I'm a bit annoyed that the officials didn't call us back but I need to review that."I was hoping to build on my events through the Games but I've still got two really good opportunities to see what I can do."British short track stars must have done something really terrible to those vengeful Olympic Gods in a previous life.Three-time world champion Christie, whose troubles at the last two Games have been well publicised, is watching back at home.But her former team-mates have clearly walked under the same ladder, broken a mirror and opened an umbrella indoors.In the space of just 45 minutes, Thomson's team-mates Niall and Farrell Treacy also saw their hopes in the 1000m ended at Capitol Indoor Stadium - crashing and then miscounting the laps respectively.However, you