Are you really comparing curling to skating?Curling is an Olympic sport where skill, strategy and finesse are mandatory for a good result. Figure skating requires more than higher faster and stronger.
How many do you think watch curling? lol. I don’t know the game, but in a some form the faster, higher, stronger must apply to curling, or will not be an Olympic sport.
You can compare skating to gymnastics, of other individual sport events f you may. Where the faster, higher and stronger is evident.