Injured ski jumper Jan Mazoch "making progress"

Czech ski-jumper Jan Mazoch, who suffered a life-threatening injury at a World Cup event in Poland last weekend, continues to make progress. A spokeswoman for the Krakow University Hospital where he is receiving treatment said doctors saw "a clear improvement" in his state of health. Mazoch is said to be reacting to speech and touch and is in verbal contact with his doctors. Doctors brought Mazoch out of an artificial coma on Thursday on the advice of specialists after the swelling in his brain had reduced. They say that if his health continues to improve at the same pace he could be transferred to the Czech Republic next week.