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    ISU Votes to Raise Competition Skating Age to 17 by 2024

    Amy DavisBy Amy DavisJune 7, 2022Updated:June 7, 20222 Mins Read
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    The International Skating Union (ISU) has voted to slowly raise the minimum competition age for the senior figure skater devision from 15 to 17. This decision was voted on during the 2022 ISU Congress in Phuket, Thailand.

    In the upcoming 2023-2024 season, the minimum age for skaters will go up to 16. It will then go to 17 for the 2024-25 season. The 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy will require all competitors be at least 17.

    The ISU Congress voted in favor of gradually increasing the age limit from 15 to 17 years for the sake of protecting the physical and mental health, and emotional well-being of Skaters. pic.twitter.com/O2O6TP4fLP

    — ISU Figure Skating (@ISU_Figure) June 7, 2022

    Debate over the minimum age requirement really came to a head when 15-year old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance. A panel decided that while Valieva could still compete, she would not be presented medals. She was competing at the Beijing Winter Olympics in February 2022.

    The age proposal passed with 100 votes to 16, with 2 abstaining. Which was way more than the two-thirds required for the motion to pass. After it passed, ISU President Jan Dijkema said “This is a very important decision … I would say a very historic decision.” 

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    But not everyone is so happy about the results. Russian figure skating coach Tatiana Tarasova suggests this change may be directed at her country. “They see that there is a large number of girls and boys in our country and they want to block them from competing,” she said to Match TV. One Israeli delegate argued the change could disproportionately impact smaller nations with fewer skaters.

    The purpose of the proposal is really driven home by ISU Athletes Commission member Eric Radford. Radford took home a pair of gold medals at the 2018 Olympics. He pointed out that many skaters were in favor of the change already. In a speech, he explained “The life of an athlete is short and intense, their experience in this short phase sets the platform for the rest of their lives — physically, spiritually emotionally.” 

    He added “While I hear the concerns of certain nations about the immediate difficulty that they might face with this proposal being passed … is a medal really worth the life of a young athlete?”

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