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Schumacher leaves French hospital, out of coma

A skiing accident in December 2013 left him in coma

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Michael Schumacher's manager says the Formula One great is no longer in a coma and has left a French hospital where he had been receiving treatment since a skiing accident in December in 2013.

Manager Sabine Kehm says in a statement that Schumacher has left the hospital in Grenoble "to continue his long phase of rehabilitation."

The statement did not say where the seven-time F1 champion was taken or give any details of his condition.

Kehm adds: "For the future we ask for understanding that his further rehabilitation will take place away from the public eye.

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First Published: Jun 16 2014 | 3:30 PM IST

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