Waterloo Region Record

Former champ Gollob improving

- The Associated Press

WARSAW, POLAND — Doctors say Polish motorcycle racer Tomasz Gollob has been brought out of an induced coma and his condition is improving.

Gollob underwent surgery Sunday after injuring his spinal cord in an accident while training in Poland. Ahead of the surgery, Gollob had no feeling from the chest down.

Robert Wlodarski, chief anesthesio­logist at a hospital in Gollob’s hometown of Bydgoszcz, said Wednesday the racer was breathing on his own.

Another doctor, Cezary Rybacki, said it was too early to say whether Gollob will regain feeling in his legs.

Gollob had been training for the domestic motocross championsh­ip when the accident happened.

 ?? ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO ?? Tomasz Gollob, seen in 2010, is no longer in a coma.
ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO Tomasz Gollob, seen in 2010, is no longer in a coma.

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