This was scary to watch.
An Olympic speed skater from Poland was taken off the ice track on a stretcher after she was cut in the face with a blade from an opponent.
Video shows skater Kamila Sellier slip on the ice during the race, and why laying on the ice was accidentally cut by a blade of an American skater.
Take a look:
(Warning, it may be graphic to some viewers)
Another look at the horrible Kamila Sellier speed skating accident. When it is slowed down like this you can see how close it was to leaving her partially blinded. pic.twitter.com/cefobBcW7V
— USA NEWS
(@usanewshq) February 20, 2026
Yahoo Sports reported more on the graphic injury:
Polish skater Kamila Sellier suffered a serious injury in the sixth quarterfinal of Friday night’s 1500m short-track speedskate and was taken from Assago Ice Skating Arena to a nearby hospital. Polish officials indicated that she was in good spirits, even raising a thumbs-up as she left the arena.
Late in the quarterfinal, Sellier appeared to lose her footing and slipped, colliding with the United States’ Kristen Santos-Griswold. In the ensuing accident, Santos-Griswold’s skate caught Sellier on the face. Sellier slid into the protective retaining wall, and medical crews raised a sheet around her to protect the scene from the audience. She was stretchered from the ice.
Konrad Niedźwiedzki, press attache for the Polish speed skating team and a 2014 Olympian, informed reporters at the arena that Sellier had suffered a cut on her cheek and eyelid that required stitches. Other reports indicated that Sellier had potentially fractured a cheekbone and suffered severe swelling.
“We are waiting for what the hospital tests will show,” Niedźwiedzki said, via translation.
Another angle of the graphic injury:
Short-track speedskater Kamila Sellier has been stretchered out of the Milano Ice Skating Arena after having her head sliced open by a competitor’s blade during the women’s 1500m at the Winter Olympics. https://t.co/ASNYvMGhyb
— 7NEWS Adelaide (@7NewsAdelaide) February 21, 2026
Sports that involve ice skating can be very dangerous and, at times, deadly.
In 2023, Adam Johnson, a hockey player for the Nottingham Panthers, was killed on the ice after his opponent elevated his skates during a collision, which resulted in Johnson being cut in the neck.
Here’s the moment it happened:
It has been 2 years and 16 days since a black hockey player fatally slit the throat of a white player, Adam Johnson.
Did you know?
No charges were ever brought against Matt Petgrave.
He’s currently walking a free man.
Color me shocked.
pic.twitter.com/5EE1g7rlXW
— Amiri King (@AmiriKing) November 13, 2025
ESPN reported more on the incident:
A man arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following the death of ice hockey player Adam Johnson has been told he will not face charges, British prosecutors said Tuesday.
Johnson played for the Nottingham Panthers and died shortly after his neck had been sliced in a collision with Sheffield Steelers defenseman Matt Petgrave during a game on Oct. 28, 2023.
A man was arrested two weeks later and though South Yorkshire Police did not publicly identify him, Petgrave himself said in a crowdfunding appeal for legal fees that he’s the subject of a police investigation.
On Tuesday, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decided it would not bring criminal charges against the man arrested following what it described as “a shocking and deeply upsetting incident.”
“The CPS and South Yorkshire Police have worked closely together to determine whether any criminal charges should be brought against the other ice hockey player involved,” Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor Michael Quinn said.
