A proposal to increase figure skating’s age minimum from 15 to 17 years old at major events like the Olympics was taken off the International Skating Union’s agenda at its biennial congress this week because it didn’t have sufficient support.
The proposal required 80 percent of the members attending the ISU Congress to approve its place on the agenda. Needing 95 votes for further discussion, it received 63 on Monday, the first day of the five-day congress in Seville, Spain.
In PyeongChang, 15-year-old Russian Alina Zagitova became the second-youngest Olympic figure skating champion after Tara Lipinski in 1998.