Doctors wake Albrecht from 3-week coma

BERNE: Switzerland's Daniel Albrecht has been woken from a three-week coma induced by doctors after he crashed in training for last month's Kitzbuehel World Cup races.

The Swiss Ski Federation announced on Thursday that Albrecht's condition had improved sufficiently for doctors at Innsbruck's University Hospital to also remove the respiration tube used to assist the skier's breathing.

Hospital spokesman Johannes Schwamberger said Albrecht was awake but not yet talking. He told Reuters it was too early to say if the 25-year-old was aware of his situation.