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Elise Christie interview: \u201cI probably use Instagram the most just because it\u2019s a lot friendlier than Twitter \u2013 you tend to get a lot less abuse on there!\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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2017 Short Track World Champion and 500m World Record holder Elise Christie talks about the ups and downs of social media in sport, and her plans leading up to Winter Olympics 2022 in Beijing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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2017 Short Track World Champion and 500m World Record holder Elise Christie talks about the ups and downs of social media in sport, and her plans leading up to Winter Olympics 2022 in Beijing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Elise Christie ought to be exhausted, but she isn\u2019t even breathing hard.<\/p>
I\u2019ve never interviewed someone on a static bike before (she is, I\u2019m not) but Elise doesn\u2019t seem to have a problem with it.<\/p>
Okay, I suppose if she doesn\u2019t, neither do I. At least that’s what I tell myself as we talk, even as my finger finds its way to my gut for an experimental prod \u2013 such is the effect of the elite athlete on the amateur and rather too-part-time fitness fanatic.<\/p>
It probably goes without saying that there aren\u2019t too many similarities between Elise Christie\u2019s athletic prowess and mine. I\u2019ve been keeping fit for longer than she has, uh-huh, but that\u2019s only because I\u2019m thirteen years older and her definition of keeping fit is not in the same dictionary as mine. You might want to try a different library actually.<\/p>
Elise has that promising childhood history that must have said \u2018Keep your eye on me\u2019 every time she put on a pair of skates. And not just because she was fast on the ice: the Elise Christie we know today is as much a product of her character as she is her technical skating ability.<\/p>
\u201cYeah, I started as a figure skater when I was about seven. Then when I was about fourteen years old I transferred over to short track \u2013 mainly because it was just a lot more suited to my personality to be honest. I was a bit more tomboyish and I\u2019d rather go fast than dance around. It obviously wasn\u2019t a very well known sport compared to figure skating, so I was just kind of lucky that it was in the rink that I was training in.\u201d<\/p>
In those early days, the days before Elise Christie claimed a trove of European medals that could sink a ship, before she became the first British woman to win a speed skating World Championship, before she broke the 500m world record, there wasn\u2019t much in the way of a social platform from which to share her ups and downs.<\/p>
Today, it\u2019s a different picture. Actually, quite literally.<\/p>
\u201cI probably use Instagram the most just because it\u2019s a lot friendlier than Twitter \u2013 you tend to get a lot less abuse on there!\u201d she laughs. \u201cAnd also, obviously, pictures tell quite a big story about things. It\u2019s nice to see everyone else\u2019s pictures as well but, yeah I think it\u2019s a safer platform than Twitter.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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She’s right. Twitter is a harbour for opinions. A great place for a discussion or a debate, yes, but also for a downright row, and you should probably think twice about posting there if you\u2019re not prepared to have the public vent at you from time to time. However: a scroll through Elise Christie’s recent tweets reveals a successive stream of support. I see a message of concern here, a gesture of compassion there, I see \u2013 ahh hell, one from yours truly two weeks ago that says \u2018I\u2019m gonna reply to this when I\u2019ve not been drinking.\u2019 Did I really say that? Damn platform. Regardless: the well-wishers are all present and correct, not to mention prolific. Elise might prefer Instagram (you can find the Elise Christie Instagram feed at the end of this feature) and yes there\u2019s been a little bit of flack sent her way on Twitter, but her forty-two thousand-odd followers are, by and large, loyal.<\/p>
\u201cThe followers that I have, they\u2019re really supportive actually \u2013 I have a great bunch of followers on there and they generally stick up for me if anyone says abusive stuff anyway, so it is quite nice. And a lot of them have supported me for years now, it\u2019s been a privilege to have them.\u201d<\/p>
It should be easy for a world-renowned athlete \u2013 actually any celebrity \u2013 to milk their social platforms every time a boost is required: you just read the nice comments and gloss over the nefarious ones, right? In fact, even a cursory glance at the Elise Christie Instagram feed reveals a plethora of well-wishes. And for some that\u2019s a principle that works, but for a person – and a personality – like Elise Christie, the issue isn\u2019t quite that scant.<\/p>
\u201cIt\u2019s a difficult one,\u201d she says when I ask if today\u2019s social world is better than the more discreet one of, say, fifteen years ago. \u201cI still don\u2019t feel like you can fully share your opinion \u2013 you can\u2019t really argue back with the people who are putting you down or saying rude things, do you know what I mean? So there\u2019s that side of it where, yes it\u2019s good in some aspects because you are able to share some sort of opinion with them, but at the same time you\u2019re open to a lot more of everyone else\u2019s opinions than you probably would have been back in the day. So there are positives and negatives to it I guess.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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And with that Elise Christie makes an important point: the responsibility \u2013 or perhaps we should call it self-censoring \u2013 that is required of a recognised personality. Someone in Elise Christie’s position can\u2019t just tweet the first riposte that jumps into her head, as much as she might like to, because she\u2019ll be judged on those words by a crowd much larger than that of her accuser. It\u2019s a bit unfair actually because if she swears at someone (I\u2019m not suggesting she would) and the whole world hears \u2013 okay, reads \u2013 it, suddenly she\u2019s the villain.<\/p>
\u201cExactly, so I feel like sometimes it\u2019s a lose-lose because if you argue back, some people don\u2019t like that. And if you take it, then people think they\u2019re right about their opinion \u2013 even if they don\u2019t really know much about the sport. You see a lot of it with footballers as well, they get a lot of it. Some of the stuff people write is just like, ridiculous. If someone does it to me in the street I\u2019ll argue back with them, do you know what I mean? But on social media you\u2019ve got to behave a certain way.\u201d<\/p>
It’s true. While there are many who summon the most splenetic invective from behind the shield of a computer screen, those prepared to voice their opinions face to face are a rarer species.<\/p>
\u201cYeah, I\u2019ve only had a couple of people on the street actually do it whereas obviously, a lot of people have their opinion on social media. But,\u201d she points out, \u201cat the same time I do understand it. You know, I have opinions on things and I might not be right about all my opinions. But it is such a harsh platform \u2013 people are able to just say what they think without realising how that might impact someone.\u201d<\/p>
And as I listen to Elise Christie I begin to understand a bit more about the imbalance in all of this.<\/p>
Come to think of it I’m starting to feel a little insecure at the lack of abuse I get on social media: I\u2019m not known beyond the realms of my (albeit amazing) dedicated winter sports followers, whereas Elise Christie has transcended her arena in such a way as to draw attention from all quarters. It\u2019s an honour, some kind of privilege at least. But in her shoes she can\u2019t take all the praise without accepting some of the criticism, right?<\/p>
\u201cYeah exactly, and I do agree with that, I agree that people have that right. I think that what\u2019s wrong about it is that we\u2019re expected to behave a certain way and they\u2019re not, almost. It\u2019s like, we\u2019re still humans at the end of the day. And everyone\u2019s equal. In fact if anything we\u2019ve got it tougher because we\u2019re going out in front of millions of people and doing something. So yeah I do agree, everyone has the right to their opinion and that\u2019s fine but, it\u2019s whether it\u2019s necessary to be sharing abusive messages towards people when they\u2019re just doing the best they can in the situation they\u2019re in.\u201d<\/p>
Of course giving a hundred percent is pretty much the standard expectation on any athlete. Doing it when the body and emotions are turning against you, however, is another matter. It\u2019s an element of the professional sportsperson that Elise understands very well: she has suffered for short track. She has been battered and broken \u2013 just look at the images all over the internet of Elise Christie on crutches and Elise Christie with leg in cast. The road to recovery and the return full strength has been long.<\/p>
Elise isn\u2019t na\u00efve to the fact that when it comes to rehabilitation, the sturdiest crutch comes from her fan base.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\u201cYes I think it definitely does, because people are always asking about that and wanting to know about it, and people are following me because they\u2019re hoping I\u2019m going to come back in four years and try again. So it has been an easy way for me to keep in contact. Mentally, it\u2019s also been good for me to share that and get the positive feedback of course. I\u2019m not going to lie \u2013 the public have made the last four years much easier for me because without them it would have been hard to find the motivation at points because it\u2019s been so tough. So yeah there is that as a positive, where the people do keep you going sometimes.\u201d<\/p>
The same goes for the day-to-day tribulations. For Elise Christie a bad day at the office is public knowledge and while that compounds the pressure of competing, it also allows a window through which that same public can reach and in most cases, attempt to console. As with her injuries, when Elise is unhappy with her performance it is often the fans who pick her up.<\/p>
\u201cYes, of course they do. I think most athletes will admit they\u2019re really hard on themselves. Like we put ourselves down and we\u2019re never happy with our performances and stuff like that so, to have external people who you don\u2019t see day to day just making the effort to tell you how great you\u2019re doing, or send you some positive messages, is like one of the best feelings in the world. That\u2019s one of the best things about being an athlete you know? So yeah, that side of it is really nice.\u201d<\/p>
Social media is going from strength to strength, and any kind of stasis in its impact on modern society seems a long way off.<\/p>
But it is also evolving.<\/p>
There was a time when the likes of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram were the collective sine qua non<\/i> of any and every business \u2013 even the business of competitive sport. Seminars on social media would instruct businesses to get on the social media bus, or fail.<\/p>
While the evolution of social media didn’t turn out to be quite so cut and dry, nobody can argue its influence in today’s channels of communication. Social media is a powerful tool and it can have a stark impact on those who wield it. It must be used with caution, even if it is supposed to paint a picture of familiarity. In other words, think before you post.\u00a0<\/p>
\u201cI\u2019m pretty much very honest with everything that I write, but yes there is an extent where you have to think before you post, for sure. You know, if you\u2019re having a really bad day and you get this rubbish Twitter post through, it\u2019s the last thing you need on a day like that. Like, I can see why people make mistakes in those situations and post the wrong thing, and then everyone turns around and jumps in without knowing what\u2019s going on in that person\u2019s life. They think that because they follow them on Twitter and Instagram they know everything that\u2019s going on with them. I had a lot of stuff going on in the year of the Games, and going into the Games that happened while I was out there, that people weren\u2019t aware of that affected how I performed out there, but obviously people just jumped to the whole, \u2018Oh it\u2019s too much pressure, she can\u2019t cope\u2019. And I\u2019ve never been able to tell that story because at the end of the day it\u2019s not the right attitude to just blame things and act that way. You know, I had to do my best on the day and that was all I had. It\u2019s like, I kind of want to share what actually happened but it\u2019s probably best not to, because you need to stay professional.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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I want to ask Elise to elaborate on what it is that everyone doesn\u2019t know. Because everyone likes a scoop, right? But then I will betray the point of this interview, which let\u2019s face it is to explore just how personal an athlete\u2019s personal life really is. Not to mention I\u2019ll be overlooking everything she has just told me.<\/p>
So I don\u2019t. Because I\u2019m finding that Elise Christie is a sports personality in every sense, one who conducts herself honourably. It would be nice if she could expect the same in return, at least from me anyway.<\/p>
In fact Elise has been setting a good example for some time now.<\/p>
Most casual sports fans will recall the heartbreaks of Sochi and then Pyeongchang, but actually South Korea was her third Olympic appearance and she has been winning medals on the short track circuit since 2010.<\/p>
Not only that but Elise has been on the end of some questionable (yeah okay I\u2019m a bit biased) umpire decisions and she\u2019s been bashed and bruised more than once. She has picked herself up and not just slogged on, but slogged her way back to winning form. Not surprisingly, when I ask what advice she would give to someone looking to get into short track, Elise counsels a very specific mindset.<\/p>
\u201cYou have to be able to deal with spontaneous decisions! Short track is a bit mad, and it is unpredictable and you have to be able to cope with that. You could easily be the best skater in the world and not win anything in one year because you just get unlucky and fall over and stuff like that, you know. But I think that\u2019s part of the excitement and challenge of it, like when you win, you\u2019re like \u2013 you can\u2019t believe you\u2019ve won, you know? You\u2019ve got so many things right and nothing\u2019s gone wrong and you\u2019ve managed to win. It\u2019s one of those sports where if you really like to challenge yourself and you really like excitement and speed then definitely I\u2019d say give it a go. But,\u201d she says, laughing the way one can only from deep personal experience, \u201cif you can\u2019t deal with unpredictability, then I wouldn\u2019t say it\u2019s for you!\u201d<\/p>
She\u2019s right about the unpredictability element of short track speed skating. Any sport where you go shoulder to shoulder with your competitors adds another dimension to the crash-risk.<\/p>
Also, though, to the spectator value.<\/p>
Ten-times X Games Snowboard Cross champion Lindsey Jacobellis told me that the factors outside of her control are what makes hers such an exciting sport to watch. And like snowboard cross, short track speed skating is essentially a contact sport, the potential for collision looming ever present in both.<\/p>
\u201cYes exactly, it\u2019s very similar in those senses for sure and it gives you that adrenaline. I think it\u2019s a sport that isn\u2019t practiced enough in the UK and there\u2019s a lot of opportunity for talent that we\u2019re missing.\u201d<\/p>
But even with everything Elise Christie tells me – of the injuries and the judgements and the questionable decisions – I don\u2019t think her words will do anything to discourage the future crop of short track speed skaters: after all there is a wealth of young athletes out there who love the special formula of adrenaline that comes only from racing alongside your opponents, the buzz of your nearest competitor quite literally breathing down your neck.<\/p>
Despite her recent injury and recuperation period though, Elise Christie is still a long way from handing the reins over to the next generation of racers. There is a plan and yes, it involves speed skating and yes, it involves Beijing 2022.<\/p>
\u201cWell because of my injury and coming back from that, I won\u2019t be racing until February. The team will be racing at the end of October so I\u2019ll be missing four world cups and Europeans, but hopefully I can get back for the last world cup. I\u2019d say I\u2019m trying to get into the top eight, because I have had a bad year of injuries. I\u2019ve had more injuries than just what was from the Games so I had to rehab everything, and now I\u2019m pretty much in full fitness again. Which is good, but I\u2019d say this year just try and get, sort of, top eight and then by next year I want to be world champion again. So I\u2019m more focused on the year after and the years going into the Games now.\u201d<\/p>
That\u2019s right, you did hear an Olympic goal there. Which, I suggest to Elise, is something the public must be very happy about.<\/p>
\u201cYes, everyone\u2019s been really lovely about it. I think even the people who hate me want to see me there!\u201d<\/p>
She laughs at that notion but perhaps it proves a point: that an athlete needs just a little bit of bad feedback from the public. Ninety-nine percent positive, yes, but how about a pinch of friction to spice things up a bit? A bit of good, a bit of bad \u2013 that\u2019s entertainment for you, surely?<\/p>
\u201cExactly!\u201d she says.<\/p>
I leave Elise to finish her ride and her apparently ceaseless commitment to the cause: to the objective of Olympic gold. As far as I can tell, she isn’t breathing any harder now than when we started talking.\u00a0<\/p>
Social media will continue in its relentless pursuit towards the domination of modern-era communication. It will praise and it will chastise; it will enlighten as much as it will expose.<\/p>
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My thanks to Elise Christie for her time and for fitting me in mid-training! Thanks also to Jake Samuel at Octagon for his assistance in setting up the interview and for the images.<\/p>
You can keep up with Elise Christie on her quest to return to World Champion position and her aims for Winter Olympics 2022 in Beijing at the following:<\/p>
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