Sochi 2014: Elise Christie crashes out of Olympics, again – in pictures

In the quarter-final, Elise Christie of Great Britain overtakes Seung-Hi Park of South Korea, Marie-Eve Drolet of Canada and Veronique Pierron of France late in the race Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images

She glides over the line first and looks delighted. It's a welcome victory for Christie, who appears to have buried her previous disappoints in this year's Olympic Games Photograph: David Davies/PA

Christie hangs back in the semi-final but makes a late burst ... she finds herself tussling with Li Jianrou of China for second spot (the final qualifying spot) going into the final bend Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP

Christie has the edge on her rival, who goes down ... Photograph: Vadim Ghirda/AP

But Christie is caught and spins out of control Photograph: Ivan Sekretarev/AP

... before crashing into the pads Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Christie looks despondent but there's every chance the referees will determine that she should be promoted to second – if they decide that she was not at fault for the crash Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images

But Christie has been penalised and is out, again! Her Olympics have been a disaster from start to finish, but the decision by the referees seems to have shocked the pundits, skaters and spectators. Nonetheless, there's no right of appeal, so her Olympics are over Photograph: LUCY NICHOLSON/REUTERS