US EditionPolish Speedskater Sellier Cut by Opponent’s Bade, Stretchered Off at the Winter Olympics, in Photos
- On Feb 20, 2026, Kamila Sellier was stretchered off after a competitor's blade sliced over her left eye during the women's 1500 meters at the Milano Ice Skating Arena.
- During the women's 1500 meters, the crash unfolded when Kamila Sellier went down alongside Ariana Fontana and Kristen Santos-Griswold, who was penalized for an illegal lane pass.
- The race was paused as a large white sheet shielded the injured skater from the packed crowd while arena workers cleaned a trail of blood on the ice.
- Polish officials said Sellier received stitches at the arena before being taken to hospital for more tests, and her eye was later reported OK.
- At the Milan Cortina Games, the incident paused the final night of short-track competition at the Milano Ice Skating Arena, involving Polish skater Kamila Sellier. Polish officials said she was treated for an eye injury after a blade cut during the women's 1500 meters.
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Olympic Speedskater Sustains Injury Above Her Eye from Competitors Blade During Crash
Kamila Sellier, a speedskater from Poland, suffered a major cut above her left eye from another skater’s blade on Friday during the women’s 1,500-meter race at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
The Olympic Games grazed the tragedy with the accident of the speed skater, Kamila Sellier, 25 years old and of Polish nationality, after being almost killed by the blade of a skateboard that was centimeters away from making a fatal wound. Although luckily everything was left in a fright, the images turned around the world. The athlete was surgically intervened after being seriously injured in the face during the Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Co…
Polish short-track speed skating competitor Kamila Zellir was injured on Friday evening during the 1,500-meter race at the Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina, when she fell and the blade of her rival's skate cut her above her left eye. Zellir was immobilized on a stretcher and taken out of the Arena.
Pole Kamila Sellier was the victim of a very heavy fall this Friday in the quarterfinals of the 1,500m in speed skating. She left the ice rink in blood on a stretcher.
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