Viktoria Hansova, the 2024 junior world skeleton champion, faces an absurd paradox: at 1.78 meters tall and weighing 70 kg, she is considered "too heavy" for her sport. Due to a strict regulation that limits the total weight of the athlete and sled to 102 kg, her Olympic future is jeopardized. In a poignant testimony, the German athlete denounces a rule that pushes female athletes into dangerous behavior and calls for urgent reform.<\/p>\n
Women's skeleton\u2014one of the oldest winter sports\u2014imposes a maximum combined weight of 102 kg, including 38 kg for the luge. This constraint puts Viktoria Hansova in an untenable position: with her height and natural muscle mass, she often exceeds this limit. In Lillehammer, Norway, during the qualifying rounds, she weighed 106 kg, 4 kg over the limit. The result: intensive weight-loss sessions and a battle against her own body. <\/p>\n
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