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Michael Schumacher leaves hospital for home care

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012 file photo, Michael Schumacher announces his retirement from Formula One at the end of the 2012 season during a press conference at the Suzuka Circuit venue for the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix in Suzuka, Japan.
FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012 file photo, Michael Schumacher announces his retirement from Formula One at the end of the 2012 season during a press conference at the Suzuka Circuit venue for the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix in Suzuka, Japan. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, file

Former Formula One champion Michael Schumacher has left a Swiss hospital to continue his recovery at home.

Schumacher’s manager, Sabine Kehm, says the seven-time champion from Germany has made “progress” since a skiing accident in December put him in a coma.

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Kehm says progress has been made over recent weeks and months but Schumacher still has “a long and difficult road ahead.”

Schumacher has been hospitalized in Lausanne since June, after six months at a hospital in France. He lives in Gland, near Geneva.

 

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