Great Britain short track coach Nicky Gooch says: "The referee said Elise didn't cross the line. Where the finish line crosses the track, she crossed inside that line. The judge ruled she was off track and that means officially she hasn't finished the race.

"The top three qualified, she'd done nothing wrong. She tried to win the race because there is a benefit to that and the referee has called it off track.

"I've seen it called before but it doesn't happen normally and I was really shocked. I've looked at the video and we're talking centimetres here. To the letter of the law it's probably right but she's clearly qualified through that race but the rules say you can't be inside the line."

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Canada's Charles Hamelin (back) and Eduardo Alvarez of the U.S. (front) fall as Russia's Victor An (right) skates past during the men's 1,000 metres short track speed skating quarter-finals.

A peak audience of 5.2m tuned in to watch Lizzy Yarnold's skeleton victory on BBC One. The highest peak of the event previously was 4m on Sunday, 9 February during the men's ski jumping final.

The men's super-G competition is rearranged to start an hour earlier than planned. The race will now take place at 06:00 GMT on Sunday, instead of at 07:00 GMT as originally scheduled.

Neverstopssmilin:, external Saddened by Elise Christie going out of 1500m, but disgusted that she is being cyber bullied [1104] as well. No one deserves that.

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Great Britain short track speed skating performance director Stuart Horsepool: "We are talking about the smallest margin ever. There is nothing we can do. She won the race, we are absolutely devastated. She was trying to win the race, she was lunging for the line. She was making sure she was safe and she went what we are talking millimetres. These things happen in sport and there is no accounting for it.

"Luck doesn't even come into it. We have to pick ourselves up and come back on Tuesday and hopefully we can have good luck instead of all this horrendous back luck."

Russian freestyle skier Maria Komissarova was seriously injured on Saturday while training on the Sochi Olympic course for the ski-cross event, say the Russian freestyle federation.

"Maria Komissarova received a serious injury today during training. She was urgently taken to hospital," the federation statement said.

"Doctors carried out the necessary examination and took the decision to operate on her on the spot," it added.

The state-owned R-Sport news agency quoted a source familiar with the situation as saying the 23-year-old had sustained a fractured vertebrae.

Guy Scudder:, external Disgusted by news of the cyber bullying [11:04]. Amazing how well Elise Christie skated with that and the 500m final on her mind.

Jackie Lockhart
2002 world curling gold medallist on BBC TV

"The Canadian team are extremely proud of their physiques, listing in their interests physical fitness and weightlifting. However, it all comes down to your performance on the ice, and that is a delicate and intricate thing."

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There is some cracking attire on show at the curling as Canada come from behind to regain the lead against Great Britain. David Murdoch's team had gone 2-1 up but Canada retained the hammer in the third end and a three has put them 4-2 ahead.

Watch fantastic insider footage of Team GB's Winter Olympics team on the UK Sport YouTube channel. You can check out a very special video showing skeleton gold-medal winner Lizzy Yarnold's first run on ice five years ago,, external among many others.

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Great Britain short track performance director Stuart Horsepool confirms that Elise Christie was one cm outside the line. No appeal.

Elise Christie, who was penalised and lost out on a silver medal in the 500m and then was punished in the 1500m heat today, adds: "I have had to deal with abuse on the internet as well. So I have found it hard.

"I have had a few people threatening me, cyber bullying basically.

"I need to find a reason to respect the referee's decision. At the moment, I have no idea what is going on."

Elise Christie, speaking on BBC Two before news of her finish-line infringement was released, says: "I was heading out to watch my team-mate race, then I saw I had got a penalty. I had no physical contact with anyone, so I have no idea what I was penalised for.

"I was playing safe after the 500m final, by trying not to be near anyone. I am gobsmacked - I expected the decision the other day, but not now. I have found it hard, but it is not always about medals. I have to keep pushing through."

Rob Walker
BBC Sport commentator

"That was one of the best relays I have ever seen!"

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Victory for Sweden. Charlotte Kalla brings her country back from a distant third to steal the gold medal in one of the tightest finishes in the history of the event. Defending champions Norway miss out on a medal, with Finland coming second and Germany taking the bronze medal.

Al: If Elise Christie went the wrong side of one of the black markers, fine. But if she simply went over an invisible line between two markers, not fine. That is like someone skiing a slalom course going way over the blue marker guide lines but still going the right way round the gate being penalised.

Chris in York: Even if the penalty was a bit harsh why did Christie feel the need to duck so far inside to try and win? A safe second would have see her through. Silly, needless risk.

Ben Crellin:, external This Elise Christie story has got "redemption" written all over it, she still has her best event to come and is skating well.

Ollie Williams
BBC Sport in Sochi

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"The irony of this is, Elise Christie put on a sprint at the end to try to catch Arianna Fontana (the better your finish in the heats, the better your draw for the semis) and caught her at the line. That caused a photo finish.

"Without the photo finish, would the officials have even noticed Christie had crossed too far inside the line? In other words, if Christie hadn't made that sprint at the end, would she have sailed home comfortably in second and been fine?"

Graham Bell
Five-time Winter Olympic skier on BBC TV

"Marit Bjoergen is the golden lady of Norwegian skiing. Heading into these Games, she would never have expected to be coming into the relay 25-30 seconds behind."