Is figure skating a sport?

Earlier this week, a local Texas sports reporter tweeted out his opinion that figure skating is not a sport. He was responding to another user who said “if you need to pick a song as part of your sport,” it's art, not a sport. The reporter, Edward Egros, tweeted his response while Olympic skaters were competing. read more

The tweeter insisted figure skating is an artistic, recreational activity and not a "real sport" like baseball, hockey, or football. Which leads hin to "since figure skating is not a sport and should not be part of the olympics". read more

Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, duos, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport included in the Olympics, in 1908. The four Olympic disciplines are men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. read more

Ice skating: Ice skating, the recreation and sport of gliding across an ice surface on blades fixed to the bottom of shoes (skates). Ice skating has given rise to two sports: figure skating, which involves the performance of jumps, spins, and dance movements; and speed skating, which is a form of racing on ice skates. read more