Age limitations for upper-level
gymnastics competitions, such as the Olympics, have been set. From the moment
they were official, they have been debated. This paper considers whether the
age requirements for Olympic level competitions should change by responding to
the following questions:
1.
How is the sport of gymnastics organized and what has resulted from it?
2. What qualifies a gymnast for senior level
competitions such as the Olympics?
3. What are the disadvantages or harms of
eliminating an age requirement from senior competitions?
4. What are the benefits of lowering the age
limit? How would doing so make the Olympics and senior level gymnastics more
fair?
5. What is the best solution to this debate
for the world of gymnastics?
Understanding
the advantages of being a younger gymnast and the extremely small chance of
going to the Olympics in the year of one’s prime constitutes the argument of
lowering the age limit to 13. By lowering the age requirement to 13, it
protects young gymnasts safety and health, and also gives young girls capable
of competing in high-level competitions a chance to compete at their physical
peak and perform at their best.
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