MOSCOW, Jan 13 American sports journalist and commentator David Leese is sure that raising the age limit in figure skating would be disastrous for Eteri Tutberidze's students. «It could be disastrous for the Tutberidze team. Their 17-year-old skaters are barely holding on. Medvedeva peaked at the 2017 Russian Championships and was a shadow of herself at the Pyeongchang Olympics. Since with every centimeter of growth, the Tutberidze figure skaters are weakening. It is enough to look at Lipnitskaya, Medvedev, Zagitova and Shcherbakova to understand how dangerous the 18th birthday is for the athletes of this group, «the expert said in an interview with Lenta.
