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Article: (China sports) Chinese ice hockey plunged into new crisis
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- April 22, 2007
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(China sports) Chinese ice hockey plunged into new crisis
By Sportswriter Zhang Rongfeng
QIQIHAR, Northeast China, April 22 (Xinhua) -- After five defeats
from as many games at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)
Division I tournament, China was relegated.
Chinese ice hockey has plunged to a new crisis after the
tournament on Saturday. That's the common response from Chinese
insiders on the sport.
Lan Li, the deputy director of winter sports center in State
General Administration of Sport, said ice hockey has already been a
forgotten sport in China.
"The reason behind the poor results is that ice hockey is
forgotten in China," he said.
It's not only for the men's sport, but ...