Beijing Games set to open as Peng Shuai allegations back in spotlight | Malay Mail

BEIJING, Feb 3 — Thomas Bach will meet Peng Shuai at the Beijing Winter Olympics to assess her “physical integrity and her mental state”, the IOC chief said today, as controversy dogged the Games right up to the eve of the opening ceremony.

Peng, a former Grand Slam champion doubles player, has also been a major talking point after she alleged on Chinese social media in November that former vice-premier Zhang Gaoli had forced her into sex during an on-off relationship.The allegation was swiftly scrubbed from China’s tightly controlled Internet and Peng was not heard from for nearly three weeks, only to reappear in public and she later held a video call with Bach.

China hopes the Olympics will be a soft-power triumph but there are other controversies, among them the environmental impact of a Games taking place in one of the driest regions of the country and relying almost entirely on man-made snow. The sport started on Wednesday with curling and there was a smattering of masked fans at the so-called “Ice Cube”, the striking venue known as the “Water Cube” when Beijing hosted the 2008 Summer Games, which was seen then as China’s coming-out party on the world stage.These Games are taking place in a vast “closed loop” bubble to thwart the coronavirus, with the nearly 3,000 athletes and tens of thousands of support staff, volunteers and media cut off from Beijing’s general population.

Eleven people have been hospitalised with the virus but Brian McCloskey, chairman of the medical expert panel for Beijing 2022, said none were seriously ill.Eileen Gu has captivated China and looks set to be the face of the Games.

It's good that they are hosting the winter olympics.just been watching American girls beating Finland..

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