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Sep 2019
50m 29s

On The Sporting Couch: Elise Christie

Talksport
About this episode

Elise Christie is 'On The Sporting Couch' in the conversation with Gary Bloom. The British Short-track Skater and World Champion has twice missed out on Winter Olympic medals in 2014 and 2018 due to disqualification, controversy, injury and sheer bad luck.


In this revealing and shocking interview Elise reveals all about her depression, fear of failure, the incidents that led to her self-harming and her determination to compete for that elusive medal at the Winter Olympics in Beijing in 2022.



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