chinese tennis star peng shuai says she never accused anyone of sexual assault. this was in an interview to a singapore newspaper and it is despite a post on her social media account about being coerced into sex by a former senior chinese official. in a video of the interview she said she s always been free and that there may have been a misunderstanding. there s been global concern for peng s well being and about whether she is being silenced by chinese authorities. we ll go live now to tokyo for the latest. what did she say? reporter: well, michael, this marks the first time peng shuai has publicly spoken to international media about the sexual assault allegations and in the interview she denied the reconciliation. she was speaking on the sidelines of a cross country skiing event in shanghai to a singaporean chinese language news outlet. she said in the video in the interview, quote, i want to emphasize one thing that is very important that i have never spoken or written about anyo
newspaper. in a video, she says she s always been free and there may have been a misunderstanding about her social media post. there s been a concern about peng s well being and if she s being silenced by chinese authorities. selina wang joins me live from tokyo for more on this. why are we hearing this denial now, so long after peng shuai s initial accusation was posted? and is this raising more questions than answers? well, rosemary, this does leave a lot of questions unanswered. it does not extinguish global concerns about peng shuai and the women s tennis association is calling for investigation. what we do know is this is the first time peng shuai has spoken to social media publicly about the sexual assault allegations. and in the interview, she denies the claims. she was speaking on the sidelines of a cross country skiing event in shanghai.
that there may have been a misunderstanding. there s been global concern for peng s well-being and about whether she s being silenced by chinese authorities. selina wang joins me from tokyo with the very latest. what did she say, selina? reporter: michael, this is the first time that peng shuai has spoken to international media on the assault allegations. in the interview, she denied the claims. she was speaking on the sidelines of a cross country skiing event in shanghai. she was speaking to a singaporean, chinese language news outlet. this is what she said in the interview. quote, i want to emphasize one thing that is very important. that i have never spoken or written about anyone sexually assaulting me. this point is very important to be emphasized clearly. in terms of the weibo post, first of all, it s my personal privacy. there possibly has been a lot of misunderstanding. photos of her at the event were also posted by chinese state media reporters, including this video of her t
winning the medal count. russia tops the count with 15 medals while the u.s. is tied with the netherlands in second with 14 medals. norway, germany and canada round out the top six. the u.s. had high hopes for today s women s super g race. the race was a disaster for 18 skiers who couldn t even finish including 7 of the first 8 racers on the course. we have more details. look at this. put up this picture. people have been asking me, what is going on? why such disaster at the u.s. olympics? what s going on with team usa? could it be the weather? this is a cross country skiing event and, this is not a doctored photograph. this guy is shirtless watching the ski event. what s going on? is this the problem? the weather? some people are saying that.