Olympics Should Institute Age Minimum for Figure Skating

Kamila Valieva's positive drug test, which occurred before the Olympics in December, has thrown the Games’ women's figure skating event into disarray.

BEIJING — Kamila Valieva should not be skating at the Olympics. Not just because she failed a drug test taken Christmas Day. Not just because she competes for the Russian Olympic Committee, a shell corporation for Russia. Not just because this whole event has become a sham. Valieva should not be skating at the Olympics because she is 15 years old.

Children should compete against children. Adults should compete against adults. The various intertwined acronyms running all this—the International Olympic Committee, the World Anti-Doping Agency, the…