Where's Peng Shuai? Where are the answers?

La noticia ya la saben, Peng Shuai ha desaparecido. Una gran tenista, de la primera generación de chinas que empezaron a pisar fuerte en el circuito. Fue número 1 del mundo de dobles y campeona de Grand Slam, pero para el caso que nos ocupa daría igual que fuera una tenista anónima o alguien que nunca hubiera hecho deporte.

A few days ago he accused a senior Chinese President-a very high President, Zhang Gaoli, a former deputy prime Minister and linked to the current presidencies-of having subjected her to sexual abuse (a concept that coincides with rape. The law has its categories, but the concept is the same). It was not only she who took that step: in recent days quite a number of important women of the Asian giant have denounced similar events, a scourge that they see in the East and the West and refutes those who say that machismo is an invention.

Peng has since disappeared and the clamor of tennis has resonated in the world calling for its reappearance-for the time being, mainly tennis with some added people such as Gerard Piqué, also linked to the racket sport-and the no less clamorous silence in China and China about the case. There is little talk in China of the subject. The tennis player's statement was published on Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter, and no news is published about it. At least in state-controlled media, which already know what they are in regimes of this kind [spoiler: all]. Here in Spain it was like this until 1975.

The most disturbing thing about the rectification that the tennis player allegedly published is that she is not accompanied by any image of her. No 'proof of life', which is said in these cases. Yes, then another person posted photos, which also do not provide more details, as they could be taken yesterday or any other day. Nothing in them shows that they are recent.

A little more has to be said: if this case is not solved satisfactorily, if Peng does not appear safe and sound, the world of sport should rethink its relationship with China. Even if it secures brilliant organizations, such as the Olympic Games that will soon begin. The WTA, which held several important tournaments there, including Masters, has promised. The IOC, for its part, has said that it will not comment on this case. And you can easily understand why, even if you disappoint. Peng was three times Olympic. One of them, in Beijing 2008.