ELISE CHRISTIE admitted she had gambled and lost after having a silver medal snatched from her grasp.

GUTTED: Elise Christie is sad about the way her race went [GETTY]

The 23-year-old Scot crossed the line in second place in the 500m speed skating final after three of the four racers had crashed on the very first lap.

But judges reviewed the incident and decided Christie had caused the pile-up herself, demoting her out of the podium positions completely.

But she explained she felt she had to go for broke rather than regret not doing everything to win.

HOPES ON ICE: Christie hits the deck after causing a pile-up [GETTY]

“I used my instinct and went for it, now I am regretting it”

Elise Christie

“The way I race is that I can’t hold back,” said Christie, whose boyfriend Jack Whelbourne also crashed out in his speed skating final.
“I’m very sad about it. I used my instinct and went for it. Now I am regretting it.”
Britain’s ski slopestyle hope James Woods struggled to compete in his final after hurting a hip in training but finished a creditable fifth behind an American 1-2-3 on the podium.
“There were certainly a couple of times where I thought ‘I’m not sure I can carry on’,” he said.
“But the doctors, the physios, my coach and everyone back in the UK have been so much behind me, it would have been pretty rubbish for me to wuss out now.”
Britain’s men’s curlers beat USA 5-3 for their fourth win in five games, while the women won 8-7 against China to boost their chances of reaching the semi-finals following two previous defeats