Sarrazin to Undergo Surgery After Head Injury in Crash in Downhill Training on 2026 Olympics Slope

Sarrazin to Undergo Surgery After Head Injury in Crash in Downhill Training on 2026 Olympics Slope
Medical staff are carrying France's Cyprien Sarrazin after crashing into protections net during an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill training, in Bormio, Italy, on Dec. 27, 2024. Alessandro Trovati/AP Photo
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BORMIO, Italy—French standout Cyprien Sarrazin was in intensive care with a head injury and will undergo surgery after a crash during training for a World Cup downhill race on Friday on the slope set to be used for the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Sarrazin, who won the downhill in Bormio last year, was one of two skiers airlifted to a hospital after crashing and the French ski federation said he was conscious but diagnosed with a subdural hematoma—bleeding near the brain.