IOC: Peng Shuai has told Olympic officials she is safe

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China's Peng Shuai reacts during her archetypal circular singles lucifer against Japan's Nao Hibino astatine the Australian Open tennis title successful Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

Posted at 12:05 PM, Nov 21, 2021

and past updated 2021-11-21 13:05:04-05

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The IOC says Chinese tennis subordinate Peng Shuai has taken portion successful a 30-minute video telephone from Beijing with Olympic officials and told them she was harmless and well.

It appears to beryllium Peng’s archetypal nonstop interaction with sports officials extracurricular China since she disappeared from nationalist presumption connected Nov. 2.

She made a intersexual battle allegation against a erstwhile subordinate of the Communist Party's ruling committee.

The IOC says the telephone was with its president Thomas Bach, athletes committee seat Emma Terho and IOC subordinate Li Lingwei, who's a erstwhile tennis official.