Poland's Kamila Sellier Stretchered Off After Opponent's Blade Slices over Her Eye in Olympic 1500
Sellier was injured by an opponent's blade after losing footing in a tight race; Kristen Santos-Griswold was penalized and eliminated for an illegal lane pass.
- On Friday, Kamila Sellier, Polish short-track speed skater, suffered a cut above her left eye when an opponent's blade sliced her during the women's 1,500-meter quarterfinal at the Milano Ice Skating Arena.
- Sellier had led with nine laps to go before she was passed by Arianna Fontana, then lost her footing with six laps remaining and crashed, bringing down Fontana and others.
- Medical staff tended to Sellier, shielding her with a white sheet while she received stitches in the arena and was stretchered out as workers cleaned a blood trail.
- The disqualification removed Santos-Griswold from semifinal contention, and the crash prevented Sellier from advancing through the quarter-finals.
- Racers typically wear helmets without face shields and rely on protective eyewear, while the crash involved elite competitors Santos-Griswold, Kim Gilli, Choi Minjeong and Corinne Stoddard.
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Polish Olympic speed skater gives update after taking blade to face in horrific crash
In one of the scariest sights during the Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina, Polish speed skater Kamila Sellier took a skate blade to her face – just missing her eye – during a terrifying crash on Friday.
Polish speedskater's face slashed by opponent's blade in horrific accident · American Wire News
The danger of the winter Olympics proved clear and present once more as a speedskating collision resulted in a racer being carried off the ice after a fellow skater’s blade made contact with her face. Roughly two days before the closing ceremony would mark the end of the XXV Winter Olympic Games held in Milano and Cortina, Italy, another accident occurred, leaving an Olympian hospitalized. This time, Poland’s short-track speedskater Kamila Selli…
The Polish short tracker Kamila Sellier was seriously injured by another competitor's skate in a fall, in the quarterfinals of the 1,500-metre short track of the Olympic Games. The opposing blade hit her face, under her protective goggles, at the level of her left eye. The Polish Speed Skating Association gave news of her athlete on Saturday morning. - OJ 2026: the eye of the miraculous Kamila Sellier short tracker, after taking a skate (Olympic…
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