Elise Christie looses a silver medal in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics

Elise Christie was blamed for causing a crash in the 500m short-track speed skating and was disqualified loosing her silver medal. 

Great Britain's Elise Christie, Italy's Arianna Fontana and South Korea's Park Seug-hi crashed in the 500m skating final. The referee watched the footage and penalized Elise Christie for causing the crash. She was very upset but respected the referee's opinion and later that day apologized. "I totally respect the referee's decision, sorry to the finalist." she tweeted.

After crossing the finish line second Elise dropped her hand on her knees and bowed her head. She was later disqualified placing her last. "The Olympics always throws up controversial results. It is one of these things," Christie's coach, Gooch, said. "It is a race - bumps happen- the referee watches the video and makes a call on it. You can argue but the way the referee looks at it, is that Elise instigated the crash. Clearly she was knocked off the feet by the Italian girl."

Elise had speed so she tried to overtake her opponents. She sped down the inside of the straight but failed to pull out quick enough and Fontana hit her skate. "I used my instincts and went for it. Now I am regretting it," Ms. Christie say holding back tears.

Everyone will have different opinions on what happened but we have to respect each others opinions. As Elise Christie stated "The referee has made a decision and I have to respect that.I do respect it, everyone will have  different opinion on what happened but that is the way short track works."

Sources:
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/winter-olympics/26173334
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/winter-olympics-2014-heartbreak-for-great-britains-elise-christie-as-silver-medal-lost-in-final-crash-9126036.html