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I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing. Now that figure skating has become more of a sport and less of an art discipline, I like it a lot better. I never

I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing. Now that figure skating has become more of a sport and less of an art discipline, I like it a lot better. I never like the artistic part of it; I feel there's a time and a place for artistic endeavors, and a sports competition is neither. Honestly the more artistic elements always appeared completely out of their place to me, more distracting from the sport than adding to it. Skaters being rewarded for performing as difficult elements, as close to perfection as possible? I'm all for it! Same for gymnastics.

divan 3y ago
That's perfectly fine, except something more is happening with figure skating. You see, rotating your body in the air and using your body for locomotion on the ice are two very different skills. What's happening now with figure skating is that one skills completely overshadowed another (the one that gives the word "skating" in the name of this sport). Modern skating champions can't do figures anymore (skating figures is what gives the word "figure" to this sport).