A national anthem blunder involving a pro-democracy protest song being erroneously played at an international sporting final has affected “all of Hong Kong’s athletes,” the chair of the city’s ice hockey body has said. “Right before the playing of the national anthem, there is a feeling of uneasiness,” Mike Kan, the chairperson of the Hong Kong Ice Hockey Association, said on Tuesday. “Up until the moment the anthem is played, only then can [the athletes] feel that a burden has been lifted off of them.” Kan made the comments while speaking at the airport as Hong Kong’s women’s ice hockey team …
