Olympic speed skater Sellier in hospital after taking blade to the face

• Opponent’s blade slices above Kamila Sellier’s eye

• Polish skater was given stitches at arena

• Collision occurred during 1500m quarter-finals

Short-track speed skater Kamila Sellier of Poland was immobilized on a stretcher and wheeled out of the Milano Ice Skating Arena on Friday night after a competitor’s blade sliced her above her left eye during the women’s 1500m at the Milano Cortina Olympics.

Sellier went down along with 14-time Olympic medalist Arianna Fontana of Italy and American skater Kristen Santos-Griswold, who was penalized for an illegal lane pass that contributed to the accident. That kept Santos-Griswold from advancing through the quarter-final round.