The International Olympic Committee said that it cannot provide any certainties regarding the well-being of tennis player Peng Shuai, whose safety is being called into question after she publicly said that a former Chinese government official sexually assaulted her.
"We can't provide you with absolute certainty on anything," IOC spokesman Mark Adams said in a news conference Tuesday.
"All we can do is do the best we can in the process that we believe is in the best interests of the well-being of the athlete."
Peng said on Weibo, a Chinese social media platform, that Zhang Gaoli had sexually assaulted her.