French skier Cyprien Sarrazin is stable and out of intensive care following a successful surgery to drain a bleed on his brain after falling while training for the World Cup downhill in Bormio, Italy,

French skier Cyprien Sarrazin has been released from intensive care after sustaining a head injury in a crash last week.

French skier Cyprien Sarrazin leaves intensive care after successful surgery to drain a bleed on his brain following a fall in training.

(Reuters) -French skier Cyprien Sarrazin has successfully undergone surgery to drain a bleed in his brain after falling while training for the World Cup downhill in Bormio, Italy, the French Ski Federation (FFS) said on Saturday.

French downhill specialist Cyprien Sarrazin is to be repatriated after coming out of intensive care in an Italian hospital where he had undergone surgery for head injuries, the French Ski Federation (FFS) announced Thursday.