Chinese Sports Figures Condemn Hockey Fight

Leading the condemnation of the excessive violence is CCTV sports commentator Han Qiaosheng. “I think this is an embarrassment of Chinese hockey,” wrote Han on his personal Weibo micro-blogging account. “If the hockey department and the winter sports management center don’t deal with this strictly … then team China will lose.”

The factor that has inflamed the Chinese public the most regarding Monday’s brawl is the perception that the athletes are too young.