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Post by Laura (Lori) on Nov 3, 2013 14:35:47 GMT -8
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Nov 16, 2013 13:12:32 GMT -8
As Elise said on her FB Page, "A lot of drama on the ice today... thank you for your support and I am very glad it wasn't as bad as it looked." www.facebook.com/pages/Elise-Christie/616031265089525?hc_location=streamSochi 2014: Elise Christie avoids serious injury in crashBy Ollie Williams BBC Olympic sports reporter / November 16, 2013 "...She's got two cuts and quite a big bruise - the blade scraped the skin, like being on asphalt.
"All the doctors and medics jumped on, it was quite a bad pile-up. Elise went into a bit of shock, she thought her Olympics were over. It was a massive fright for us all." Read it all: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-olympics/24973497 |
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Nov 24, 2013 13:53:58 GMT -8
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Post by sk8erfan on Dec 16, 2013 5:21:35 GMT -8
Great Britain announced their 5 member team for Sochi today: Elise Christie: (500m, 1000m, 1500m) Charlotte Gilmartin: (500m, 1000m, 1500m) Jon Eley: (500m, 1000m) Richard Shoebridge: (1000m) Jack Whelbourne: (500m, 1000m, 1500m) www.teamgb.com/news/five-short-track-skaters-confirmed-speed-sochi-2014Interestingly, they've said that Elise Christie and Charlotte Gilmartin are both skating in all of the distances even though GB only earned 1 quota spot for the 1000m according to the ISU. Great Britain was ranked 33rd in the 1000m (top 32 go) so maybe another country gave up their start spot... |
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Jan 23, 2014 10:21:00 GMT -8
Short Track Speed Skating - Sochi 2014
Published on Jan 23, 2014
Richard Shoebridge and Charlotte Gilmartin take you through a stunning look at Team GB's Short Track Speed Skating team.
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Post by sk8er on Jan 23, 2014 13:30:51 GMT -8
Their moment, after much hard work! It's exciting to see how far this team has come over the past years. Slowly but surely getting better each season.
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Jan 25, 2014 10:10:07 GMT -8
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Post by sk8erfan on Feb 6, 2014 10:21:19 GMT -8
Congratulations to Jon Eley for being named the flag bearer for the Opening Ceremony! Eley wants a medal to go with his flagbearer honourThree-time Olympian Eley, 29, was selected to lead out Great Britain's 56-strong team by a panel that included Olympic champions Amy Williams and Robin Cousins.
But he doesn't want the moment to be his only happy memory of Sochi, as he looks to improve on a fifth and sixth place, from the 2006 and 2010 respectively, in his signature 500m event .
"I'm the second short track speed skater to carry the flag after Wilf O'Reilly. He was a hero to me, he was from my hometown (Birmingham) and hopefully I can do as well as he did in 1988 (O'Reilly won two golds when short track was a demonstration sport)," he said.
"It will be my third opening ceremony and I've marched behind Rhona Howie and Shelley Rudman, who have both won Olympic medals. Hopefully I can emulate them here in Sochi.
"I'm coming here to push for medals, I've come close in the past and hopefully that experience will get me across the line.
"Carrying the flag is an honour and hopefully it won't be the only highlight of my two weeks here at the Olympics."
Eley found out he'd been selected for the role earlier this week but was only allowed to tell his wife, Joanne, and parents, even keeping his close-knit team-mates in the dark.
Full story: www.teamgb.com/news/eley-wants-medal-go-his-flagbearer-honour |
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Mar 4, 2014 15:53:36 GMT -8
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Mar 17, 2014 9:29:42 GMT -8
TITLE: Redemption for Great Britain speed skaters at World ChampionshipsTYPE: Article TAGS: Short Track Speedskating / Montreal / Elise Christie / Jon Eley / Jack Whelbourne / Richard Shoebridge / Charlotte Gilmartin / Paul Stanley TIMELINE: March 2014 What a shame that Elise felt the need to shut down her Twitter account because of abusive comments after the Olympics - people can be such a$$es (it has since been reopened). And I had no idea she was dating Jack! <3 www.nottinghampost.com/Redemption-Great-Britain-speed-skaters-World/story-20818342-detail/story.html |
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Apr 8, 2014 13:47:20 GMT -8
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Post by Laura (Lori) on May 27, 2014 16:38:45 GMT -8
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Aug 16, 2014 15:17:07 GMT -8
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Sept 10, 2014 16:17:16 GMT -8
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Post by sk8erfan on Sept 23, 2014 7:09:27 GMT -8
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