Ice Skating London

How is figure skating and curling in the olympics?

Figure skating is not a sport nor a game. And curling is just shuffleboard on ice.

Public Comments

1. i agree with the curling i don't get it, but ice skating is a sport it is very very hard to learn
2. Figure skating is as much a sport as any other (by the way, the original definition of "sport" is what we now call "hunting"). Curling, of course, is a joke.
3. Sorry, curling is a game. Figure skating is still a competitive event. It's all a matter of perspective. How is auto racing, horse racing, or fencing a sport?
4. Curling is a game of skill and strategy. Just because it's slow and strategic doesn't mean it's not a sport. And why do people keep calling it shuffleboard on ice? It's nothing like shuffleboard. If anything, it's like bocce or lawn bowling. Figure skating takes an amazing amount of athleticism. I can't think of any reason not to call it a sport. What does it matter, anyway? if you don't like them, don't watch them.
5. have you tried getting out on ice and jumping while twirling in the air? Probably not... believe me it's hard... but with curling... I could not agree more... it is sooo boring. And yes I think skating can be boring too but it;s still a sport.
6. Figure skating is not a sport, nor a game. Curling is a sport - it's not judged (I don't count sports like Ski Jumping as judged b/c face it, you could just say how far they go and whether or not they land as their distance being counted). Curling is a great sport of strategy and finesse.
7. They are both in the Olympics because the origins of the winter olympics had figure skating and curling. Now, Figure Skating is not a sport because it is judged and curling is a recreational activity not a sport. Figure Skating could also qualify as a recreational activity but I just call it crap. I my books not everything in the olympics is a sport including the summer olympics. That is why they call them the Olympic games because that is what half of them are they are games.