The reassuring news keeps coming for Cyprien Sarrazin. The French downhiller, seriously injured in the head after a fall during training on December 27 in Bormio (Italy), has left the intensive care unit and could be repatriated to Lyon this Friday, the French ski federation (FFS) announced on Thursday. ).
“The recovery phase carried out on Saturday December 28 went well and his state of health is stable. [Cyprien Sarrazin] left the intensive care unit and was hospitalized in a care unit, explained Stéphane Bulle, the doctor of the French alpine ski team, quoted in the FFS press release. The MRI carried out on December 31 suggests repatriation to France on Friday January 3 and hospitalization in the neurosurgery department of the Médipole de Lyon. »
“A long period of recovery and rehabilitation”
Cyprien Sarrazin, 30, underwent surgery to resolve an intracranial hematoma last Friday after suffering a heavy fall during training on the track for the Alpine Ski World Cup stage in Bormio. The Haut-Alpin, world number 2 in downhill last winter, has since been hospitalized in Sondalo. In its press release published Thursday, the FFS indicates that “the duration of its unavailability (is) currently undetermined. A long period of recovery and then rehabilitation begins. »
During the second training session before the downhill and super-G in Bormio on December 27, Cyprien Sarrazin was unbalanced by a movement in the terrain and literally flew away before violently hitting the snow and being stopped by the safety nets afterward. a long slide. He was evacuated by helicopter after a long intervention by the emergency services.
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