Figure Skating <br />Age Limit Raised to 17, in Wake of Doping Scandal.<br />Delegates with the International Skating Union (ISU) voted 100 to 16 to raise the age limit.<br />The results of the vote were announced by the agency via Twitter on June 7.<br />The ISU Congress voted in favor of gradually increasing the age limit from 15 to 17 years .., ISU Figure Skating, Twitter.<br />... for the sake of protecting the physical and mental health, and emotional well-being of Skaters, ISU Figure Skating, Twitter.<br />The age limit will be raised over the <br />next three years.<br />The decision follows several <br />high-profile doping scandals in the sport, .<br />... the most recent of which involved 15-year-old Russian skater Kamila Valieva at the Beijing Olympics.<br />The scandal resurfaced questions involving the mental health of young athletes.<br />The life of an athlete is short <br />and intense, Eric Radford, Olympic Medalist Canada, <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />The experience in this short period of their lives sets the stage for the rest of their lives, physically, mentally <br />and emotionally, Eric Radford, Olympic Medalist Canada, <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />Many within the ISU praised the decision as "historic.".<br />This is a very important decision. I would say a very <br />historic decision, Jan Dijkema, ISU President, 'The New York Times'.<br />Others, though, oppose the measure because it will affect the careers of young athletes currently training.<br />[The ISU can] see that in our country[, Russia], there’s a huge amount of girls and boys, and they want to block it, Tatiana Tarasova, Figure Skating Coach Russia, <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />That’s why they started this whole rigmarole. They can <br />block it only by removing <br />from competition, Tatiana Tarasova, Figure Skating Coach Russia, <br />via 'The New York Times'
