Tennis
Peng Shuai met with IOC President
(Beijing) The Chinese Peng Shuai met the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach on Saturday as part of the Beijing Olympics, she said in an interview with the French sports daily The Team appeared on its site overnight from Sunday to Monday.
During the “dinner”, which took place “Saturday, we were able to discuss a lot and exchange pleasantly”, explains the tennis player, who also announces her retirement from sport.
“He asked me if I was considering returning to competition, what were my plans, what I was considering, etc. “, explains Peng Shuai, met by two journalists from The Team in a hotel located in the Olympic bubble.
She takes the opportunity to say that she has “never disappeared”.
“It’s just that a lot of people, like my friends including from the IOC, sent me messages, and it was quite impossible to reply to so many messages. But, with my close friends, I always remained in close contact, I discussed with them, answered their emails, I also discussed with the WTA…”, she adds.
Peng Shuai had accused a former Chinese leader in early November of forcing her to have sex during a relationship that lasted several years. After these remarks made on a social network quickly deleted from the Chinese internet, Peng Shuai, former world No.1 in doubles, then disappeared, causing concern in the world of tennis and sport, until she talks by videoconference with Thomas Bach, November 21.
The player had since appeared on videos showing her attending sporting events, without allaying fears about her full freedom of movement.
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