Great Britain's Farrell Treacy finishes ninth in 1500m short track final

Great Britain's wait for a first medal of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics continues after Farrell Treacy finished ninth in the men's 1500m short track final.

The 26-year-old finished with a time of 2:11.988 in Final A, with Italy's Yuri Confortola the only speed skater to post a slower time of 2:12.384.

South Korea's Hwang Dae Heon took the gold medal with a time of 2:09.219, and Farrell remained upbeat after the race despite missing out on a podium spot.

"To cross the finish line at an Olympic final is an achievement for me - I didn't think it was going to happen!" Farrell told BBC Sport. "I didn't think I was going to be here at one point so to make an Olympic final makes these Games extra sweet.

"They like to put on a bit of a show at the start which is different, a bit of nerves obviously in an Olympic final, but I went into it thinking 'I've got nothing to lose'.

"I didn't have a point to prove [after the mistake in the 1000m], that mistake was something I never even imagined happening. Still can't wrap my head around it to be honest but I didn't let the comments affect me. Preps haven't been fantastic but to get to an Olympic final I'm pretty chuffed with that."

Steven Dubois of Canada took the silver medal - finishing 0.035 seconds behind Hwang - while Semen Elistratov of the Russian Olympic Committee finished third.