Why is Figure Skating an Olympic Sport?

Don't mean to get off on a rant here, but I just don't understand what the big deal is about figure skating as an olympic sport. Don't get me wrong, because I don't think that skaters aren't atheletes, and what they do obviously takes a great deal of training, talent and skill. I just don't believe that any competition that requires a grown man to dress in a backless bodysuit and is soundracked by Ace of Base should be considered a sport. They're not being judged on their costumes, are they? They're not being judged on the music, are they? They're being judged on the accuracy of the moves that they are being required to do. Can they do the triple lutz or can't they? And how fast and in what succession?

Never mind the fact that any "sport" that needs judges to value your performance is a crock to begin with. If it can't be quantative--how far, how fast, how powerful--it shouldn't count. Things like figure skating, half-pipe, diving, etc., should move to the side and make way for real sports.

Like that thing with the brooms.