Definitely!! Figure skaters require the speed of a speed skater, strength of a hockey player, flexibility and balance of a gymnast, and grace of a ballerina. And while doing all of that, they do their elemts in a high-heeled boot on two thin blades.
Now.. you tell me, does that seem challenging or what!?!?
Figure Skating is the most popular winter sport to have axels.
Figure Skating is classed as a sport and is recognised by the International Olympics Committee as being one!!
In figure skating!
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In 1920 the mens figure skating started first.
Figure skating may not look like a sport but it is extremely physically demanding.
The sport figure skating was first played in 1772. A Treatise on Skating (1772) by Englishman Robert Jones, is the first known account of figure skating.
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