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Added on the 16/11/2021 16:04:29 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Images of French sports daily L'Equipe, which publishes an interview with the Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai in which she says she "never disappeared". IMAGES
IOC spokesperson Mark Adams says it is not up to the sports organization or the media to answer the question of whether Peng Shuai was speaking freely when she recanted her allegations of sexual assault against a top Chinese official. SOUNDBITE
The International Olympic Committee would support an inquiry into the allegations made by Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai -- if she wants one, its president Thomas Bach said on Thursday. IMAGES
Activists hand out "Where is Peng Shuai?" t-shirts outside Melbourne Park, where the Australian Open women's final will take place on Saturday. The International Olympic Committee said on Thursday that it has spoken with Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai again and plans to meet her in Beijing during next month's Winter Games. IMAGES
Thomas Bach says that if the International Olympic Committee took a stance over concern for Peng Shuai, it would mean "politicisation of the Olympic Games" which could lead to "the end of the Olympic Games". Peng made sexual assault accusations against a former politician and was not heard from for nearly three weeks, while her claims were rapidly censored. She later appeared on state media in several videos and held a video call with Bach in which she said she was safe and well, however concerns remain. SOUNDBITE
"I think we can say that we are doing everything we can to make sure this situation is as it should be," says an IOC spokesperson on Peng Shuai retracting allegations of sexual assault against a top Chinese official. IMAGES ++COMPLETES 9YJ2ZM++
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