International Skating Union to propose higher minimum age [View all]
Officials with the International Skating Union have told NHK they will use its June general assembly to propose that the minimum age of figure skaters in senior competitions, including the Olympics, be raised from the current 15 to 17.
The Beijing skating program has been overshadowed by a doping scandal surrounding 15-year-old Kamila Valieva from the Russian Olympic Committee.
Valieva was suspended earlier in the Games after it was revealed a sample she submitted at an event in December had tested positive for a banned substance.
However, the Court of Arbitration for Sport allowed her to continue competing. Her age makes her a so-called "protected person," which allowed her to compete despite failing a drugs test.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220220_01/
= new reply since forum marked as read