The International Olympic Committee spoke to Peng Shuai last week and will meet the Chinese tennis player in Beijing during next month’s Winter Olympics, it said on Wednesday.

The Winter Games will open on February 4.

Peng’s situation became a matter of concern in November when the former women’s No. 1 doubles player alleged that a former Chinese vice-premier, Zhang Gaoli, had sexually assaulted her in the past. After that social media post, she was absent from public view for nearly three weeks.

Last month, Peng said she had never accused anyone of sexually assaulting her, and that the post she made had been misunderstood.

Zhang has not commented on the matter.

“Since the first call that the IOC held with Peng Shuai on 21 November 2021, the IOC team has kept in touch with her and had a number of conversations with her, the last one just the past week,” an IOC spokesperson said.

“She mentioned again that she is looking forward to a meeting with IOC president Thomas Bach and Emma Terho, the Chair of the IOC Athletes Commission, to which we had invited her in the first conversation.”

The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has suspended tournaments in China due to its concerns over Peng’s safety. China has not directly commented on Peng’s initial post.