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Elise Christie wins 1,000m event at Turkey World Cup meeting

British speed skater Elise Christie finishes the 1,000m World Cup competition in second place after victory in Turkey.

British short-track speed skater Elise Christie has won the 1,000m event at the Short-Track Speed Skating World Cup in Erzurem, Turkey.

Christie finished the race over a second ahead of Canadian Kasandra Bradette.

The result means that Christie ends the season in second place in the World Cup 1,000m standings.

The British number one's teammate Charlotte Gilmartin failed to qualify for the 'A' final in the 1,500m event but won the 'B' final.

Christie will compete in the 500m event tomorrow.

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Great Britain's Elise Christie is pictured before she competes in the Women's Short Track 1500 m Heats at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 15, 2014
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