
In putting forward the proposal, the Council wrote: "There are identified modifiable injury risk factors that include postural control, competition anxiety, life events, previous injury, and volume of training that will protect the elite junior skater". "I think this is a fact that the media and the public will watch us very closely." "This was a major attack, we could defend ourselves thanks to the item that was already on the provisional agenda, but the moment of truth is today, because the credibility of the ISU will also be scrutinised. "How come you allowed such young skaters to compete under this emotional pressure? "The defence line was there is a proposal on the table to increase the age limit which helped us so that didn’t become a major issue, but clearly from the media we received an enormous amount of questions. "After the Olympic Games, we became under pressure from the media point of view, questioning the credibility of the ISU," Schmid admitted. ISU director general Fredi Schmid had urged members to accept the proposal, and referenced the criticism received by the ISU at Beijing 2022 after Valieva, who was 15 at the time, was at the centre of a doping scandal. Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, who was 15 at the time, was at the centre of a doping scandal at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics ©Getty Images

The result prompted applause and cheers from the room, with ISU President Jan Dijkema billing the move a "very historic decision". "Protecting the physical and mental health, and emotional wellbeing of skaters," was cited as a key factor in the decision.Ī total of 100 Member Federations voted in favour of the proposal, with 16 opposing it and two abstaining. While there will be no change for the forthcoming season, the move means that the age limit at the next Winter Olympics in 2026 will be 17. The move also applies to speed skating, short track speed skating and synchronised skating under proposal 22. The ISU Council's proposal was subject to a heated debate at the Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort and Spa, and accepted by a two-thirds majority without amendments. The minimum age limit had previously been 15, but the high-profile doping case of Russian Olympic Committee athlete Kamila Valieva at this year's Winter Olympic Games in Beijing brought the issue to the fore. They might have different system specifications from the Age of Wonders: Planetfall game, are not tech supported and have an English only interface.The International Skating Union (ISU) Congress in Phuket has accepted a proposal to raise the age limit for figure skating competitions to 16 from the 2023-2024 season and 17 from after that. *Modding Tools are provided as a courtesy to fans. Try new play styles in skirmish mode, and play multiplayer your way - online, hotseat, and asynchronous! A Multitude of Game ModesA deep single-player story campaign alongside random map generation makes for endless replayability.

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