Olympic speedskater takes blade to face, stretchered off in frightening moment

Speedskater Kamila Sellier suffered a chopped supra her near oculus aft different competitor's leaf struck her during the 1,500 meters connected Friday astatine the Milan Cortina Olympics.

The Polish jock was connected the abbreviated way erstwhile she fell down American skater Kristen Santos-Griswold, whose leaf caught Sellier adjacent her eye.

Both Santos-Griswold and Sellier slid crossed the crystal and crashed into the wall, but Sellier laic motionless arsenic medics rushed to her side. 

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Kamila Sellier of Poland is helped aft falling during a abbreviated way velocity skating women's 1500 meters quarterfinal astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026.  (Stephanie Scarbrough/AP Newsroom)

The bloody country was covered up by different staff.

She was yet immobilized connected a stretcher but gave a thumbs-up arsenic she was wheeled away.

Polish officials said Sellier’s oculus was OK. She received stitches astatine the arena earlier being taken to a infirmary for much tests.

Sellier posted a selfie connected Instagram, hiding the near broadside of her face, saying she was "doing rather okay."

Italy's Arianna Fontana (L) and Poland's Kamila Sellier autumn portion competing successful the abbreviated way velocity skating women's 1500m quarter-final during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games astatine Milano Ice Skating Arena successful Milan connected Feb. 20, 2026. (Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images)

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"I cognize that 1 time i’ll look astatine this representation and retrieve that i’m stronger than one ever believed. Thank you for each your words of support, conscionable wanted to fto you cognize that i’m doing rather okay," Sellier wrote.

Santos-Griswold was penalized for attempting an amerciable walk that contributed to the crash.

The 25-year-old was vying for her archetypal Olympic medal aft taking location a metallic and bronze successful past year's World Championships successful Beijing.

Polish Kamila Sellier is shielded with a achromatic expanse arsenic she receives attraction aft a autumn during the quarterfinals of the women's 1500m Short Track Speed Skating astatine the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games. (Jasper Jacobs/ Belga Mag via Getty Images)

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The Polish speedskating squad is awaiting connection connected whether determination person been "any signs of damage" to her eye, according to the BBC.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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