Team GB speed skater Elise Christie has admitted that she regrets the tactics she used as her Olympic hopes wilted in Pyeongchang.
Christie was seen as the poster girl of Team GB's Olympic campaign with the expectation that she would bring medals home, but a fall as she tried to recover from a slow start in the semifinals of the 1500m saw her stretchered off the ice.
"The 1500m is the one that I made a mistake in as I was thinking too far ahead," Christie admitted to ESPN upon returning from the games. "I thought in the final I wanted to lead the race out as it was the most likely way of winning it.
"That is normally the way that I beat... [Lee Sang-Hwa, Christie's biggest rival], so I wanted to save myself for the final and take a risky strategy in the semi."
However, Christie collided with Chinese skater Li Jiny on the final corner of the race as she looked overtake for a spot in the final.
"The rest is down to bad luck. I was knocked over in the 500m and injured for the 1000m, but that is sport and you can't do anything about that."
Pyeongchang saw Christie's Olympic nightmares continue. Crashes in the 500m and 1500m were followed by a disqualification in her preferred 1000m as she skated on her injured ankle. All that follows Sochi 2014, where the Brit was disqualified at all three distances she competed in, receiving vitriolic online abuse for her troubles.
It will, however, be back to the drawing board for Christie, who will be 31 when the next Winter Olympics take place in Beijing, where she is hoping to finally land the Olympic medal that has eluded her throughout her career.
"We are looking into getting a blade technician in because I have had equipment issues all season which I think will help me become more stable and race better," Christie responded when asked what the plan was for the next four years.
"I'll probably keep myself out in front and out of trouble next time. I still have work to do on my starts. It was faster [in Pyeongchang], but it still wasn't the fastest, so I am going to do a lot of work on that ahead of Beijing."