China’s 19-year-old Zhu Yi skates during a training session in Beijing. Photo: Reuters
China’s 19-year-old Zhu Yi skates during a training session in Beijing. Photo: Reuters

Winter Olympics: when it comes to figure skating it’s all a matter of age, but how old is too old?

  • It pays to be a teenager if you have aspirations of winning gold at the Winter Olympics
  • Reigning champion Alina Zagitova should know, she had yet to turn 16 when she triumphed in Pyeongchang in 2018

China’s 19-year-old Zhu Yi skates during a training session in Beijing. Photo: Reuters
China’s 19-year-old Zhu Yi skates during a training session in Beijing. Photo: Reuters
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