Christopher John Garcia, an Angloye hockey player denounces this Monday, February 21, racist remarks launched against him during the match against Rouen on February 13 (lost 3-4). In a tweet, the 26-year-old declares to have been treated “gorilla” by a Norman adversary during the meeting at La Barre in Anglet.
On social networks, he explains that “During this match, an opponent had the audacity to call me a gorilla from the bench, when I was not even talking to him”. Without giving a name, he nevertheless denounces “that in 2022, racism is alive and well in the world of hockey”. “When is this kind of behavior going to stop, I’m really sick of it” finally laments the angloy defender.
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For his part, the Hormadi has in a message wanted to support CJ Garcia and “strongly condemn the comments made about him”.
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In the early evening, the Dragons reacted. In one communicatedthey concede “that an altercation has indeed taken place between players” most that in no case was it a “racist insult”. Rouen indicates that upstream “the player was immediately heard by the management of the club as well as all the people present on the Rouen bench during the said altercation.” The RHE 76 on the offensive since the club – which “wonders about the timing of these accusations transcribed for the first time eight days after the alleged facts” – even evokes “the right to take action with respect to statements that could be judged as defamatory.”
The French Hockey Federation has also taken a stand. On Twitter, she announces “want to hear all the people concerned by the case, before determining what action to take”.
