Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has told IOC officials she is safe and well, the Olympic body says. Peng disappeared from public view on Nov. 2, shortly after she accused a former Communist Party official of sexual assault.
Her appearance at a youth tennis event Sunday in Beijing
The call — with IOC president Thomas Bach, athletes commission chair Emma Terho and IOC member Li Lingwei, a former vice president of the Chinese Tennis Association — appears to be Peng’s first direct contact with sports officials outside China since she disappeared from public view on Nov. 2.Peng “thanked the IOC for its concern about her well-being,” the Switzerland-based Olympic body said in a statement.
Peng, who played for China at three Olympics from 2008 to 2016, made a sexual assault allegation on social media three weeks ago against a former member of the Communist Party’s ruling Standing Committee, Zhang Gaoli. The International Olympic Committee has been criticized for being relatively silent in public as concern for Peng grew in the past week. It has pursued a “quiet diplomacy” policy with the 2022 Olympics host nation. The Beijing Winter Games open on Feb. 4.
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