Months after the Kamila Valieva saga dominated the 2022 Beijing Olympics, the international federation for figure skating has proposed raising the minimum age for senior competition from 15 to 17.
The International Skating Union unveiled details of the proposal as part of the agenda for its upcoming meetings in Thailand beginning June 5, and cited findings from its medical commission as reasons for the move. If enacted, the proposal would gradually increase the minimum age over the next three years, from 15 to 16 and then 17 in the leadup to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.