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From Icenetwork
Zakrajsek:
Fabio Bianchetti, chair of the ISU Single & Pair Skating Committee
Mishin:
Viktor Petrenko:
Borser:
Arutunian
Denise Myers
Zakrajsek:
Raising the age really seems like a good idea because it appears the way the sport is headed could possibly be discouraging to participation by a lot of skaters, particularly ladies, if they have to compete against young girls who have such an advantage (for jumping) with their smaller height and weight
Fabio Bianchetti, chair of the ISU Single & Pair Skating Committee
I am personally in favor of increasing the minimum age to 16 (or) 17, "But for the time being, this is only my personal opinion and not that of the committee -- not because the committee is against (it) but because we have just started to discuss the matter during the meeting held in Milan after the junior worlds, and no official decision was taken.
Mishin:
It should be girls / boys and ladies / men
Viktor Petrenko:
bring in more mature skating and (allow) the younger generation to stay more healthy while they are growing.
Borser:
This young girl (Trusova) doing quads now, how is she going to be when she's 17 or 18?'' Orser said. "It's all fun, with everybody marveling on social media about her, but it could be a very short-lived phenomenon
Arutunian
Why follow Russia? We should follow reality, and the reality is you want to have these kids be able to compete for many years.
In young bodies, bones are not formed. If you do so many quads, they get damaged, and they will wind up in a wheelchair. If we don't have evidence of that yet today, we will have it tomorrow
Denise Myers
We don't know if raising the age will stop the young ones from working on quads, but we all want the young men and women to be healthy," Myers said. "How many are going to need hip replacements at age 18?
"The days are gone where we need to rush because skating was over for so many kids when they graduated from high school. They can continue to improve if they take care of themselves."