“Not far from dying”: Cyprien Sarrazin, the story of the miraculous skier before his big comeback

Flashback. On December 27, 2024, Cyprien Sarrazin dominated the downhill training session on the feared Bormio slope when an extremely violent fall gripped the ski world with fear. Recovered with an intracranial hematoma, injuries to a leg and a foot, Cyprien Sarrazin recounts, in front of a few journalists, the days, weeks and months which followed the shock.

“It started with having to learn to speak again. And then, resilience, a reconstruction from A to Z. Two years ago, the surgeon told me: “If one day you manage to speak normally again, that will already be good.” Afterwards, I saw him again a few months later, he said to me: ''Frankly, I don't understand, but see you at the Olympics (Milan-Cortina in February 2026)''. There, I said: “No, we’ll see later.” Before adding: “Without trying to go faster than the music, it went very quickly. When I did things with a plan, something thoughtful, when I...