Ice skating set to gradually raise minimum competition age from 15 to 17 after Kamila Valieva doping scandal

By Sammy Mngqosini, CNN

Updated 1224 GMT (2024 HKT) June 7, 2022

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(CNN)The International Skating Union (ISU) announced on Tuesday that it will gradually increase the minimum age for senior competitions from 15 to 17.

The decision, taken after a vote at the 58th Congress in Phuket, comes after Russian skater Kamila Valieva, then 15, was embroiled in a doping scandal at the 2022 Beijing Olympics in February, which overshadowed the Games. In a statement released on Twitter, the world