Yao Ming: Chinese basketball legend says Peng Shuai in 'pretty good condition' during December meeting

By Steven Jiang, CNN

Updated 0659 GMT (1459 HKT) January 18, 2022

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Beijing (CNN)Chinese basketball legend Yao Ming has for the first time addressed his encounter last month with tennis star Peng Shuai, describing her as in «pretty good condition.»

Peng's well-being has become a global concern after she made allegations of sexual assault against a former national leader.«I've known Peng Shuai for almost 20 years,» Yao said Monday in Beijing at a press briefing about the 2022 Winter Olympics. «She's a bit younger but we belong to the same generation of athletes.»«We are both from the South… and very intrigued by a winter sport competition in Shanghai — we felt like kids again,» he added, in response to a question from CNN. «She was in pretty good condition that day. We were all chatting happily and asking a