defuse global concerns about peng's safety that seemed to have threatened olympics. this is something she seems to have full agency over. >> reporter: this meeting with thomas bach, they do not lessen t the. she basically denied ever making srault allegations calling the whole situation a, quote, huge misunderstanding. now, this is the second time she's walked back her original claims but first time she has spoken to a media outlet. she posted a long emotional story about how she had coerced into sex by a former vice premier, one of the most powerful leaders in china.