Last week the 23-year-old posted a message on her Instagram account saying that she has no feeling from the waist down but insisted she remained strong and claimed that one day she will definitely stand up again. 

Speaking today, doctor Mirzali Samedov gave another tentatively optimistic forecast when he described how she is undergoing treatment "according to the plan drawn up by the medical council," and that her overall condition is "satisfactory".

"After a course of antibiotics, her temperature returned to normal," he added.

"Maria is receiving muscle toning treatment and is also taken to the gym where she does physical sessions for half-an-hour per day.

"Her nutrition and sleep pattern is also normal."

Following her injury, sustained on a series of jumps on the top part of the ski-cross course, Komissarova was visited in hospital by Russian President Vladimir Putin before being transferred to specialists in Germany.

Maria Komissarova being visited by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi
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Komissarova, winner of a World Cup silver medal in 2012 but not considered a genuine medal contender in Sochi, also said via Instagram last week that "even in these moments I continue to be happy, though it's very hard" before thanking people for their support.

Hers was by far the most serious of a number of out-of-competition injuries sustained during Sochi 2014.

A bobsleigh track worker broke both his legs when he was hit by a non-competition bobsled on February 13, while British halfpipe freestyle skier Rowan Cheshire was ruled out of the Games after suffering concussion in another training crash.

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