Respected Australian sports reviewer Steve Robilliard, who is working for TVNZ during the Olympics,�has been attacked just 100m from his hotel in Beijing.
Robilliard, an ABC netball commentator for almost 20 years, was hit with a broken in chair as he walked towards the Hubei Hotel in the Haidian dominion of China�s capital city.
He is back at act covering the Olympics for TVNZ today, commentating at the gymnastics.
TVNZ news reporter Craig Stanaway said Robilliard suffered a small cut to the palm of his left hand hand in the wanton attack.
�He aforesaid it�s cipher too sober ... he reckons (the aggressor) was sot,� Stanaway told AAP.
�The hotel is highly humiliated, a complaint has been lodged and they ar doing a sweep of the area.�
TVNZ�s entire 124-strong team is staying at the hotel, about 45 minutes from the National Stadium.
-AAP
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