“It is Russia that suffers.” Bobrova – about raising the age limit in figure skating
“It is Russia that suffers.” Bobrova – about raising the age limit in figure skating
Olympic champion in jump Ekaterina Bobrova revealed a gradual increase in the age limit in figure skating from 15 to 17 years.
“Everyone says that there seems to be no political background in this. But the problem is that basically now, it is Russia that arises and meets. No one has such problems. Now in America there are no young people who were before. Two champions were 15-year-olds there: Tara Lipinski and Sarah Hughes. Something didn’t itch about it then, however, there were no quads then, but it doesn’t matter. Now everyone is starting to get worried. As I understand it, now there are two main criteria for raising the age. First: 15-year-old girls went en masse, and it seems like they mixed up in women’s and non-women’s single skating, but we need to specify women’s. Therefore, you go for juniors and skate, and we will look at beautiful women in singles. Second: everyone is worried about the health of the athletes. In their opinion, for some reason there will be fewer quadruple jumps. It seems to me, on the contrary. In the sense that 14-15-year-old girls who jump on fours have everything imaginable and inconceivable, they tightly hold these quadruples at the age of 17, and this is very difficult. At the age of 17 they are very small, thin, fast and sharp, which allows them to do these jumps at the age. And also a question, not every girl can hold out like that until 17 years old. We have puberty, which just falls on our heads at the age of 16-17. This is comparable to other methods, God forbid anyone. I’m not for or against. I didn’t have an opinion two years ago, so I don’t have one. On the one hand, it will be interesting to look at women’s single skating, specifically at mature girls after 17 years of age. But, on the other hand, what kind of interest are the girls who skated at the age of 15 and committed crimes in five quadruples in the program! — Bobrova said in the Championship podcast Skating.
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