Elise Christie returns to form with first World Cup gold of season

The triple world champion took 500m gold in the last round of the World Cup, beating Choi Min Jeong and Martina Valcepina to the line in Seoul.

Christie will to repeat her success when she returns to South Korea for February's Olympics and now free of injury, she is excited for what is to come.

"It's nice to know when I'm not at my best I can still win, especially in the 500 [metres] because it's my favourite. It was a really nice boost after everything I've had to fight with this season," said the 27-year-old who has been suffering with a thigh injury for two months.

"I feel like I'm only 50 per cent right now and I won and I have two, three months to turn that around now.

"I'm not injured now so all I have to do is go home and train hard, get my fitness back. If I can do this now then what can I do when I'm at my full fitness?"

Elsewhere in Seoul Wu Dajing took men's 500m gold, with Hungary filling the remainder of the podium as Liu Shoalin Sandor and Liu Shaoang took silver and bronze.

Christie could only manage a win in the 1500m B final, while Choi took the gold medal, with Korean compatriot Shim Suk Hee taking silver and Canada's Kim Boutin snagging bronze.

The day's other final saw Charles Hamelin win the men's 1500m for Canada, with Korea's Hwang Dae Heon in second and America's JR Celski picking up the bronze medal.