{"id":4863,"date":"2026-02-22T02:38:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T02:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/?p=4863"},"modified":"2026-02-22T02:38:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T02:38:57","slug":"olympic-speed-skater-rushed-to-hosp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/?p=4863","title":{"rendered":"Olympic speed skater rushed to hosp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Olympic Crash in Women\u2019s 1500m<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An illegal move during the women\u2019s 1500-meter short-track quarterfinal at the 2026 Winter Olympics led to a frightening crash.<\/p>\n<p>Poland\u2019s Kamila Sellier fell after contact with Team USA\u2019s Kristen Santos-Griswold, who lost balance during what officials called an \u201cillegal lane pass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chain Reaction and Injury<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The fall caused a chain reaction, bringing down Italy\u2019s Arianna Fontana and Santos-Griswold. During the crash,<\/p>\n<p>Sellier suffered a serious facial injury from a skate blade. The mood inside the arena quickly shifted from competition to concern as medical teams rushed onto the ice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Race Stopped and Penalty Issued<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Officials halted the race and reviewed the incident. Judges ruled that Santos-Griswold had violated passing rules and disqualified her from advancing to the semifinals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Safety Concerns Highlighted<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sellier was treated on site and taken for further evaluation. The incident was a stark reminder of the risks in short-track speed skating,<\/p>\n<p>where high speeds and tight racing can lead to dramatic consequences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic Crash in Women\u2019s 1500m An illegal move during the women\u2019s 1500-meter short-track quarterfinal at the 2026 Winter Olympics led to a frightening crash. Poland\u2019s Kamila Sellier fell after contact with Team USA\u2019s Kristen Santos-Griswold, who lost balance during what officials called an \u201cillegal lane pass.\u201d Chain Reaction and Injury The fall caused a chain&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4865,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4863\/revisions\/4865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}