United States short track speed skater Corinne Stoddard crashed into the padding and broke her nose during 500m heats.
The American slipped around a corner and shot into the padding feet first from an awkward angle. The force pushed her knee right into her face, and she immediately grabbed her bloodied nose.The American said she is still cleared to skate despite the injury, as evidenced by her involvement in the mixed team relay on the same day.
“My nose is broken but the good news is that I am cleared to keep skating and racing,” she wrote on her Instagram story. Stoddard, a 20-year-old from Seattle, Washington, placed third overall at Olympic Trials in December behind
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