The International Skating Union (ISU) has proposed raising the minimum age for senior figure skating competitions to 17 from 15 before the 2026 Winter Olympics to help young athletes cope with the physical and psychological demands of the sport
Under proposals listed in the agenda for its 58th congress in Thailand next month, the sport's governing body said it hoped to gradually increase the minimum age over the next three years before the Milano Cortina Games.
Junior athletes need to cope with multiple stressors on their pathways towards elite sport."The proposal comes after then 15-year-old Russian Kamila Valieva tumbled to fourth place in the women's singles event at the Beijing Winter Olympics this year, yielding to the pressure of a doping controversy.Read MoreThe ISU medical council said young athletes were exposed to high physiological loads caused by training and competitions.
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