Innsbruck, Austria - Swiss skier Daniel Albrecht remained in an induced coma in an Innsbruck hospital on Friday, but doctors said his condition was improving more than a week after he crashed heavily in training for the Kitzbuehel downhill.

Doctors said there were no complications in the skier's treatment for head injuries and that bleeding of the lower lobes had stopped. But he was being kept in a coma in view of overall injuries to his lung.

Albrecht, 25, was placed in the induced coma after suffering a brain haemorrhage and bruising to the lung when he lost control on a jump and crashed heavily on his back during downhill training on the demanding Streif piste in Kitzbuehel last week Thursday. (dpa)