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Former world champion Gollob out of coma

Poland's 2010 motorcycle speedway world champion Tomasz Gollob has been brought out of an induced coma after a crash injured his spinal cord.

Speedway champion Tomasz Gollob of Poland

Doctors say Polish motorcycle racer Tomasz Gollob has been brought out of an induced coma. (AAP)

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.

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


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