The doping case involving Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has led to many more questions than answers.
Reformers argue a change would protect the wellbeing of child athletes and reduce the risk of injuries from straining the body into ever-more spectacular jumps.
“If they raise the age, the motivation to create a skater who has longevity is higher," Swiss skater Alexia Paganini said. “You are forced to think about a technique that can be maintained throughout your entire adult career.” “I hope that the development will be that it’s possible to learn the quads also for the women later, but maybe in the big picture that’s not the most important thing in figure skating,” Adolfsen said. “They remember Katarina Witt still, and that’s not because of the difficult jumps. It was because of the performance.”
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