TVNZ commentator attacked at Olympics - reports

ABC commentator Steve Robilliard, who is working for TVNZ at the Olympics has been attacked in Beijing. Photo / ABC

A Television New Zealand commentator at the Olympics has been attacked by a youth near his Beijing hotel.

Steve Robilliard, an Australian ABC commentator working for TVNZ, was returning to the hotel from dinner when he was set upon by a youth who had been urinating against a wall.

Robilliard says the man grabbed a broken chair and threw it at him, causing cuts to his wrist and arm. While shaken by the incident, Robilliard did not require medical attention.

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