French Alpine skier Cyprien Sarrazin is expected to need several months to recover after sustaining a subdural hematoma — a collection of blood between the skull and the brain — in a Dec. 27 downhill training crash.

BORMIO, Italy (AP) — French skier Cyprien Sarrazin was out of intensive care after sustaining a head injury in a crash last week. Sarrazin underwent surgery for a bleed near the brain after crashing on Friday during preparations for the World Cup downhill in Bormio, Italy.

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

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 Alpine skier Cyprien Sarrazin sustained a subdural hematoma — a collection of blood between the skull and the brain — in a downhill training crash in Bormio, Italy, on Friday.