I have the same problem with luge and skeleton, how is hurtling yourself down a hill at 75+miles per hour "sport"? But sport is is and so must figure skating be considered. I have experience with this.
Not so much mountain hurtling, unless you count a safe and sane blue run with two skinny boards strapped to my feet (I call that "sport)
. My daughter figured skated for 10 + years, she skated as an individual skater and as a
Member of a Precision Skating team who ultimately made it to the Canadian National Competition one year. I know those girls all felt that skating was a "sport". I know we parents were "sports" for getting up at 4 and 5am to get them to training several days a week. Lol!!
Joking aside it does seem there are some "odd sports" in the Olympics. Take Biathlon, how weird is that?? It's a sport! I actually like watching all of the Olympic events.....but my heart is with all the skating events!