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                   Schumacher Battles for Life After Ski Fall

   by Reuters

   Seven-times Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher was fighting
   for his life on Monday after suffering severe head injuries in a skiing
   accident in the French Alps resort of Meribel, doctors said.
   "We can say that his condition is life-threatening," Jean-Francois
   Payen, head anaesthetician at the CHU hospital in the eastern French
   city of Grenoble, told a news conference.
   "For the moment we cannot say what Michael Schumacher's future is," he
   added. "We are working round the clock - we are trying to win time."
   The retired motor racing great, 44, slammed his head on a rock while
   skiing off-piste on Sunday morning in the French Alpine resort where he
   has a vacation home.
   "His helmet did of course protect him at least partly. Someone who had
   suffered a similar accident without a helmet would not have made it
   here [to the hospital]," Payen said.
   Schumacher was initially conscious as he was transported to a local
   hospital in Moutiers and then to Grenoble. However, his condition
   deteriorated sharply afterwards.
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