Why is figure skating an olympic sport?

Figure skating is one of the many specticles that the Olympic games have to offer, one of the sad things that in our vocabulary has been linked to as a "sport". There is no question of the athletic ability one has to endure to become an athete in such things as figure skating, gymnastics, synchronized swimming, synchronized diving, and well even ski jumping. I see a sport as something that the comparison can be made by realistc means based on physical measurement. For example, someone shoots at a target, a bullseye is worth 10 points. If someone is the fastest at running, there is no dispute. If someone competes in a group sport where the team scores, there is no dispute. If someone knocks over some bowling pins, there is no dispute. If I was the judge of weather a sport should or shouldn't be in the Olympics, speed walking would be higher on my list than gymnastics. The reason I say that is because of the many things that are assumed in the amount of critiques that can be given by the judges. I mean, ultimately it is up to the judges to accept or take away points based on perception. With someone crossing the finishline, there is no real dispute who is the winner at that point. With someone trying to prove the "artistic quality" during the competition, I would have to say the judges are full of shit if they were using that as a tool for measurement of how good someone is. This is the problem I have always seen as I have watched martial arts "form" competitions. If everyone were to perform a certain "form" that there are a set number of kicks, punches, or various moves, how can everyone be expected to win if the form was supposed to be performed in exactly the same way? I have read "Traditions: Essays on the Japanese Martial Arts and Ways" by Dave Lowry to know that there are some masters that perform martial arts forms with a slight twist of imperfection on purpose. With that said would a judge know if it was deliberate imperfection? If so, would smart and young students get away with saying the tiny mistakes that the judges pointed out by saying "Oh, those were deliberate imperfections that are to show the artistic quality of the form"? What is it about a martial arts form competition that allows the young contestants to spray water from their mouth or even act assured and aggressive while presenting themselves to the judges? I think the martial arts competitions can do without this just as much as I think the Olympics can do without "artistic" sports. I know they do not have bowling anymore in the Olympics like they did one year, but I see that more of a valid Olympic Sport than synchronized swimming. The Olympics should get rid of all the showy and flashy "sports" and bring in the real sports that actually matters and actually has a place in real comparable skill.