Elise: Be cool

Speed skater's appeal to fans on online abuse

- by JERRY LAWTON, Chief Reporter

GUTTED: Elise after crashing out in 2018

SPEED skater Elise Christie has urged fans to “be kind” after her “heart was broken” by trolls after her Winter Olympics agony.

The Brit - a triple world and 10-times European gold medallist - said representing Team GB at past Games had been “tainted by abuse, threats and negativity”.

She was hailed as the “fastest woman on ice” after setting a 500metre world record in 2016.