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I have to confess, my primary sports interests are pretty typical. College basketball and any kind of football. I also love skiing, cycling and many Olympic sports.
But when it comes to figure skating, well, let's just say I don't get it.
As I watched ice dancing a few minutes - listening to the Viennese Waltz 9 times in an hour - I kept pondering this thought: "Sport or not sport?"
I get that these competitors are athletic - probably more so than some baseball and football players - and if I ever start thinking figure skating is for wimps I remember this:
But there's something about sports decided by judges that make them seem more like reality TV.
Any way, I'll leave this debate to you guys. What do you think? Sport or something else?
Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder showed why they are the defending world ice dancing champs by effortlessly taking winning the compulsory dance.
The French pair earned a score of 38.49 during the Viennese Waltz to take the lead over USA's Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto.
Belbin and Agosto, defending Olympic silver medalists, are the clear crowd favorites and were pleased with their performance.
"That's the most comfortable I've ever felt in a compulsory," Agosto said.
