'What a disappointment' - Heartbreak for Kathryn Thomson after first-corner crash at Winter Olympics 2022
Kathryn Thomson’s Olympic debut was spoiled at the first corner as she crashed in the women’s 500m heats at Beijing 2022. There were high hopes pinned on Team GB’s Thomson, but she made headlines for all the wrong reasons – evoking memories of Elise Christie’s heartbreaking failures at the Olympics. Ad/> Three-time world champion Christie had a string of crashes and disqualifications at Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018..


