TOKYO - The International Skating Union decided Tuesday to gradually raise the minimum age for figure skaters at senior competitions from 15 to 17, leaving 13-year-old Japanese gem Mao Shimada ineligible to compete in the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games.
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