At the Beijing Winter Olympics, three Russian figure skating girls, Serbakova, Trusova and Vallieva, can be said to have stunned the world on the ice rink. Among these three beautiful girls, the youngest Vallieva should be the strongest in terms of comprehensive strength, and she has also gained a lot of fans. However, according to foreign media sources, the International Skating Federation may issue an important decision in June. If this happens, then the biggest impact should be the Russian figure skating team. And the audience will never see Vallieva-like players on the stage of the World Series again.
The world figure skating looks at Russia, and the Russian figure skating looks at sanwa, which is the most true portrayal of the figure skating world in the world today. The strength of the Russian figure skating team is like the status of Chinese table tennis in the world table tennis world. As long as there are Russian figure skaters competing in the competition, the championship basically belongs to them. The figure skating competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics is a good proof of this. The Russian women's figure skating team made its debut and won the gold medal in the team competition. In the team competition, The 15-year-old Vallieva can be said to be glamorous. She single-handedly contributed two high-quality shows in the competition and scored the highest score on the spot. She also took this opportunity to become one of the most popular players in the Beijing Winter Olympics and became a little fairy in everyone's mind.
However, in the future World Series, Valieva-like little girl contestants may never be seen again. In 2018, the Dutch Skating Association proposed to raise the age of World Series skaters from the current 15 to 17. However, the Dutch Ice Association's proposal was rejected at the time and was not approved. According to the news of foreign media, the last time the proposal was not passed, this time it will come to the real thing. According to Philip Hirsch, a well-known American sports journalist, he has been given the tentative agenda for the ISU conference to be held in Thailand in June (the official agenda will be released next month). An important part of the conference's agenda is to discuss raising the minimum age for figure skating from the current 15 to 17. Although the last dutch proposal was not formally adopted, this time it is different. Philippe Hirsch said: "This time it was proposed by the 13-member ISU Council and the Norwegian Skating Union, and this bill is of great importance than ever. ”
In addition, according to the US media reports, part of the cause of this proposal originated from Valieva. While some unfavorable news came out of her, the World Anti-Doping Agency mandated that "athletes under the age of 16 are under protection supervision," so Vallieva is under no obligation to prove why her samples are not normal. Once the age of participation is raised, if there is a problem like Vallieva, then the players will be held responsible.
For this proposal, Philip Hirsch believes that the Russian side will definitely strongly oppose this proposal, because the biggest impact should be the Russian figure skating team. Indeed, the Russian figure skating team is very seriously involved, and it is generally retired at the age of 19. The 15-year-old team members are all at the level of first-class players. Russian media have reported that in the Russian figure skating team, there is a little girl Veronica who is not yet 13 years old, who has been able to skillfully complete the difficult action of jumping around. At the age of 15, veronica will be able to participate in the World Series, just like Vallieva, to amaze the world. But once the June proposal passes, Veronica will have to wait at least four years before she qualifies for the World Series.
But then again, although this proposal does have a great impact on the Russian figure skating team. But even if you raise to the age of 17, it is no surprise that the world championships in women's figure skating will still belong to Russian athletes. Just look at the performances of 17-year-old Sherbakova and Trusova at the Beijing Winter Olympics. However, if the proposal is passed, then the World Series will never see such a small player as The Valieva style at the Beijing Winter Olympics.