BEIJING — Kamila Valieva arrived at these Olympics to stretch the boundaries of her sport. Instead, two weeks later, her tainted brilliance has renewed a push to impose an unstretchable boundary on young figure skaters — an age limit that, if in place for these 2022 Games, would have prevented Valieva from competing.
As Valieva, 15, skated halfway to another gold medal in Tuesday’s short program, several competitors supported proposals to raise the International Skating Union’s age minimum from 15 to 17 or 18.
“I mean, anything older than 15, I'll be happy with at this point,” Switzerland’s Alexia Paganini, 20, said.