Putin visits Russian skier after broken back surgery

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Putin visits Russian skier after broken back surgery

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/freestyle-skier-39-seriously-hurt-39-training-crash-104317914--oly.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1pefvzsaT3dMViraL4V3Vg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-02-15T204302Z_1_CBREA1E1LJT00_RTROPTP_2_CSPORTS-US-OLYMPICS-SKICROSS-INJURY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Russia's President Vladimir Putin visits Russian Olympic skicross racer Maria Komissarova at a hospital in Sochi" align="left" title="Russia's President Vladimir Putin visits Russian Olympic skicross racer Maria Komissarova at a hospital in Sochi" border="0" /></a>By Ossian Shine and Alexei Anishchuk SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russian Olympic skicross racer Maria Komissarova underwent six-and-a-half hours of spinal surgery on Saturday after breaking her back in a Sochi 2014 training crash. Her condition was serious but she was in a stable condition, the Russia Freestyle Skiing Federation said, adding that she was likely to be taken to a Moscow hospital or go abroad for treatment when it was possible to move her. Her mother, Maria, was due to arrive in Sochi on Sunday. President Vladimir Putin visited Komissarova on Saturday evening to wish her a rapid recovery and doctors briefed him on the surgery, the federation said.</p><br clear="all"/>

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