Elise Christie continued her build up to the Olympic Games with her best ever performance in the senior European Championships in Dresden. Elise finished 2nd in the 1500m, with a season best time of 2.24.042, to Italy’s Ariana Fontana.

In the 3000m Super Final Elise again finished 2nd, this time to Katerina Novotna of the Czech Republic, in a British Senior record of 5.14.007. These results along with her 9th place in the 1000m and 11th place in the 500m saw her take the Bronze medal in the overall standings, the Gold went to Novotna and Silver to Fontana.

Elise’s performance is all the more credible as she is still a junior. It is also further proof that she will peak at the Olympics, after early season injuries and loss of form the last six weeks has just been a continuous improvement in results and times. She is still off the pace of the best Koreans, Canadians and Chinese but she is every bit as talented as the these skaters and at the Olympics anything can happen if you are brave, proud and determined.