Why is ice skating considered a sport but not dancing?

Answer 1

Dancing such as Ballet is indeed a sport, but as a figure skater I know ice skating is nothing like ballet. It takes balance and leg strength. There are jumps where many skaters break bones, fall, and injure themselvs. You must have endurance to skate in the cold enviroment.

I'm an ice skater. Ice skating is very difficult to just simply stand on the ice, let alone do triple axels and lutzes. People have suffered cracked heads and bones while ice skating. Yes, ice skating is partly dancing and partly sport. You need the grace, and the flexibility and balance combined with endurance, strength, and will to make ice skating. Champions are only formed when they have these 4 things:

# Determination # Hard Work # Talent/Potential # Love No sport can be achieved if you don't have all 4 of these things.