“It will no longer be junior skating” – Radionova on raising the maximum age for junior couples

Bronze medalist at the World Figure Skating Championships Elena Radionova in a conversation with , she called the decision to increase the maximum age of junior athletes in pairs skating unexpected.

Previously, the Congress of the International Skating Union (ISU) approved the increase in the maximum age for junior sports couples and dancers. In pairs, girls will be able to participate in junior level tournaments up to 21 years old, boys up to 23 years old. In ice dancing, figure skaters under the age of 21 will be able to compete in junior competitions.

— Boys in sports pairs have a very high age limit. A guy who skates at 22-23 is clearly no longer a junior. The decision was made unexpectedly, I don’t know what it will lead to. But it won’t be junior skating anymore,” Radionova told .

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