Skiing champion Daniel Albrecht sustained a threatening head injury on January 22, 2009 while practicing a World Cup downhill run on a course in Kitzbühel, Austria.AP: Swiss Skier Albrecht Stable a Day After Ugly Crash (January 23, 2009) After crashing, Albrecht received immediate medical attention and was airlifted to the nearby St. Johann Hospital. At the hospital, he was put into an induced coma and received lung stabilization.AP: Swiss Skier Albrecht Stable a Day After Ugly Crash (January 23, 2009) His recovery is stable but has remained unconscious since the incident.

On Albrecht's chances of a full recovery:

• "With this kind of (brain) injuries, it needs a couple of days before you can judge that. But all vital parameters are stable now and that's the best we could hope for."—Dr. Jacques Menetrey, part of Albrecht's Swiss medical teamAP: Swiss Skier Albrecht Stable a Day After Ugly Crash (January 23, 2009)

• ""We do not have any major concerns right now and so are cautiously optimistic. His life is not in any immediate danger, although some danger still exists. But that is normal after a crash like this."—Norbert Mutz, Head of the Innsbruck University Hospital's Intensive Medicine SectionReuters: Doctors Optimistic About Albrecht (January 23, 2009)

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