Tue, 21-Oct-2025

ISU to raise least age for senior contests to 17

ISU

The choice came after Russian professional skater Kamila Valieva tried positive for a prohibited substance while at the Beijing Winter Olympics in February, when she was 15. Valieva’s case provoked inquiries about whether the base age for rivals in figure skating should have been raised to safeguard minors. ISU (The International Skating Union)  casted a … Read more

Valieva’s doping scandal sparks new debate

olympic

Beijing Winter Olympics are once again in the news, but yet again for all the wrong reasons. After much controversy regarding Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, the diplomatic boycott of the Games by numerous powerful countries and Covid-19-related complexities, the global sporting event is engulfed by a doping controversy. Kamila Valieva, who is competing under … Read more