VOA慢速英語：花樣滑冰運動員必須年滿17歲才能參加2026年奧運會

VOA慢速英語：花樣滑冰運動員必須年滿17歲才能參加2026年奧運會

The governing body of figure skating has raised the age limit for international competitions to 17. The decision followed a heated dispute surrounding Russian skater Kamila Valieva at the Beijing Olympics.
國際滑聯(lián)已將國際比賽的年齡限制提高到17歲。這一決定是在北京奧運會上圍繞俄羅斯滑冰選手卡米拉·瓦利耶娃的激烈爭論之后做出的。
 
The International Skating Union (ISU) voted 110-16 to raise the age limit to 17 before the next Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The change will be phased in with 15-year-olds being permitted to compete for this season and 16 the following season.
國際滑聯(lián)以110票對16票的投票結(jié)果，決定在意大利米蘭-科爾蒂納丹佩佐舉行的下一屆冬奧會之前，將比賽年齡限制提高到17歲。這一改革將會分階段進行，本賽季允許15歲孩子參加比賽，下個賽季允許16歲的孩子參加比賽。
 
ISU president Jan Dijkema called the decision "historic." And the organization said it wants to protect the "physical and mental health, and emotional well-being of the skaters."
國際滑聯(lián)主席詹·迪杰馬稱這一決定具有歷史意義，希望能保護滑冰運動員的身心健康,并在心理建設(shè)上起到作用。
 
The change in age limit was coming even before the pressure on 15-year-old Kamila Valieva at this year's Olympics. She had a good chance to win an individual gold medal after helping the Russians win the team competition.
年齡限制改革甚至在今年奧運會上15歲的瓦列耶娃面臨壓力之前就已經(jīng)到來。在幫助俄羅斯贏得團體賽之后，她有很大機會獲得個人金牌。
 
After the team competition, news came out that Valieva had tested positive for an illegal drug at the end of 2021. But she was permitted to compete in the individual competition. She finished in fourth place but was criticized by the Russian coach, Eteri Tutberidze, at the end of her skating program.
團體賽結(jié)束之后，傳出了瓦利耶娃在2021年底使用違禁藥物的消息，但她獲準參加個人賽。她獲得第四名，但在滑冰項目結(jié)束時受到了俄羅斯教練埃特里·圖特貝里澤的批評。
 
The new age limit could hurt the career of 14-year-old Sofia Akateva, the top young Russian skater. She turns 15 too late to be able to compete this season. But she will be 18 at the next Winter Olympics in 2026.
新的年齡限制可能會損害14歲的俄羅斯頂級年輕滑冰運動員索菲亞·阿卡特瓦的職業(yè)生涯。她剛年滿15歲，無法參加本賽季的比賽。但是在2026年的下屆冬奧會上，她將年滿18歲。
 
The decision was criticized in Russia, where skaters are currently banned from international competitions following the invasion of Ukraine.
這一決定在俄羅斯受到質(zhì)疑評，在烏克蘭入侵之后，俄羅斯滑冰運動員目前被禁止參加國際比賽。
 
Dmitri Soloviev won a gold medal as a part of the Russian team in 2014. He told a Russian broadcaster the change was made "so that our Russian female skaters couldn't have the opportunity to win world championship, European, Olympic medals."
德米特里·索洛維耶夫在2014年作為俄羅斯隊的一員贏得了一枚金牌。他告訴一家俄羅斯廣播公司，做出這樣的改變“是為了讓我們俄羅斯女滑冰運動員沒有機會贏得世界冠軍、歐洲冠軍以及奧運會金牌。”
 
"But in my opinion, Eteri Tutberidze will find a way to get our athletes into ideal condition at the age of 17 or 18," Soloviev added, "so that they can show their best results at international competitions..."
索洛維耶夫還說：“但在我看來，埃特里·圖特貝里澤會想辦法讓我們的運動員在十七八歲達到理想狀態(tài)，這樣她們就能在國際比賽中展現(xiàn)出自己的最佳成績。”
 
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