SAO PAULO (AP) — Doctors say U.S. Olympic volleyball player Stacy Sykora is recovering well from the head injury she sustained in a bus crash in Brazil, but that it is too soon to know whether she will play professionally again.
Doctors say there are no signs Sykora will have long-term damage and will likely recover full movement and have no speech impairments.
Dr. Manoel Jacobsen said Sunday at a news conference that whether she plays again “will depend on the recovery process.”
The 33-year-old Sykora was in critical condition when she arrived Tuesday at the hospital after the bus carrying her Brazilian team crashed on its way to a match outside Sao Paulo.
She had difficulty breathing, and there was bleeding and swelling on the left side of her brain.
