11-03-2017 16:27 via nottinghampost.com

Nottingham Post published Elise Christie is world champion for first time

Elise Christie claimed the first world title of her career with victory in the women's 1500m final at the World Short Track Championships in Rotterdam on Saturday.The 26-year-old, a previous winner of eight silver and bronze world medals, beat Canada's Marianne St-Gelais and Suk Hee Shim of South Korea to take her first gold.Her win capped a fine recovery for Nottingham-based Christie from the nightmare of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, when she was disqualified from all three of her races.
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