SHANGHAI- China's four-time Winter Olympic gold medalist, Wang Meng, has been banned from training after being involved in a fight with the team manager, China's winter sports authority announced on Friday.

After a meeting with coaches and athletes of the national short track speed skating team on Friday, the Chinese Winter Sports Administrative Center said Wang and Liu Xianwei, a member of men's team, had been banned from training.

Four other athletes Vancouver Winter Olympic champion Zhou Yang and World Cup series champion Liu Qiuhong of the women's team and Han Jialiang and Liang Wenhao of the men's team have to hand in written self-criticism.