IOC holds in-person meeting with Peng Shuai following concerns over disappearance

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(BEIJING) — The president of the International Olympic Committee said he held a face-to-face meeting with Peng Shuai, the Chinese tennis star who disappeared from social media after accusing a former top Chinese Communist Party official of sexual assault.

In a statement Monday, the IOC said its president, Thomas Bach, had dinner with Peng on Saturday at the Olympic Club in Beijing. IOC member Kirsty Coventry and the former IOC chair of the athletes’ commission were also there.

later that evening, Peng attended the mixed curling match between China and Norway with Coventry, according to the statement.

Though Peng did