One Extraordinary Photo: Blade slashes speedskater's face
Yahoo Sports • • sports
Key Points:
- Stephanie Scarbrough, an AP staff photographer based in Baltimore, is covering her first Olympics at the Milan Cortina Games.
- The photo captures the moment after Kamila Sellier of Poland suffered a severe injury during a major crash in short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics.
- Sellier's face was slashed by a competitor’s blade, causing her glasses to fly off and ice shards to scatter, a dramatic scene that stunned the crowd.
- The image was taken from the stands with a 300mm lens, quickly edited by an editor, and published globally within minutes.
- The photo effectively balances the graphic nature of the injury with clear storytelling, making it accessible to a broad audience while conveying the severity of the
