Overview

• The French downhill specialist says his vision is fully restored and he leads a normal daily life, though smell is still absent in his left nostril.
• He has resumed physical training in recent weeks, including road cycling, and hopes to return to downhill mountain biking soon.
• Pre-existing knee cartilage problems were aggravated by the Bormio crash, and he continues targeted rehabilitation for his knee and back.
• He confirms he will skip the entire 2025–26 season and forgo the 2026 Winter Olympics, targeting a World Cup return in winter 2026/27.
• Sarrazin sustained a subdural hematoma in a December 27, 2024 training fall in Bormio, required emergency neurosurgery and an induced coma, and early complications such as double vision have resolved.