Raising minimum age is not enough to address issues in Olympic figure skating | Opinion

BEIJING – In the wake of the heartbreak over the Kamila Valieva controversy, the call to raise the minimum age in women's figure skating is growing louder.

It’s an important conversation, and perhaps it will result in the International Skating Union moving the minimum age for worldwide competition from 15 to, say, 16 – or even 18, as U.S. national champion Mariah Bell, who happens to be 25, suggested the other day.