Doctors say Polish motorcycle racer Tomasz Gollob has been brought out of an induced coma and his condition is improving.
Gollob, the 2010 speedway world champion, underwent surgery after injuring his spinal cord in an accident while training in Poland.
Before the surgery, Gollob had no felling from the chest down.
Robert Wlodarski, chief anesthesiologist at a hospital in Gollob's hometown of Bydgoszcz, has said the racer was breathing on his own.
Another doctor, Cezary Rybacki, has said it was too early to say whether Gollob will regain feeling in his legs.
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Gollob had been training for the domestic motocross championship when the accident happened.
