Marie-Renie Le: No. Tracie Hunte: And she'd do jump after jump-. Latif Nasser: She's never medalled at the Olympics before. TV Announcers: They stand as one here at Makuhari Event Center for the local favorite Yuka Sato. Latif Nasser: Eventually after about four and a half minutes, she finishes her skate-, TV Announcers: Surya Bonaly, to Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Surya Bonaly: They're like, "Oh, well, you did it on one foot." Maris au premier regard Tracie Hunte: They would just be flying through the air. Elvis Stojko: Like say a Tonya Harding-style skating. Latif Nasser: She said that she backed Surya. Whipping around, Bonaly landed on one blade an Olympic first that no one has dared to match. Tracie Hunte: Out of the picture. Surya Bonaly is a 10-time French figure skating champion, 5-time European figure skating champion, 3-time Olympian (1992, 1994 & 1998), and a 3-time World Figure Skating silver medalist. Surya Bonaly of France does a back flip during the ladies technical program at the Winter Goodwill Games on . Tracie Hunte: I just felt empathy for her. Tracie Hunte: She skates out onto the ice, she waves, but her face isn't smiling. Everything is about edges and leaning into those edges and leaning into the turns, and carving massive circles on the ice. Now it's down to the judges as to whether the gold medal belongs to Sato of Japan or Bonaly of France. She was determined to hone the difficult maneuver,. Jad Abumrad: Why was it illegal? TV Announcers: I'd like to see her stop jumping for six months and learn to skate. Elvis Stojko: I felt bad for her because I know what she was going through, where you know you outskated your competitor, and they just wouldn't give it to you. TV Announcers: Tears begin to flow. I'm broken, I'm damaged, I'm like a used car that's good for the trash. Sandra Bezic: No, no, no, no. Latif Nasser: That was the World Championships, not the Olympics. TV Announcers: I really hope she doesn't go through with this. Latif Nasser: I laughed out loud when I heard you say that you would call me on your Zamboni break. Tracie Hunte: The point is, at these World Championships, the highway had been cleared for Surya. TV Announcers: Another triple. See Figure Skater Surya Bonaly Now, 24 Years After Her Last Olympics, Franck Seguin/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images, See Figure Skater Nancy Kerrigan Now, 28 Years After Her Last Olympics. Speaking of her Olympic backflip in the interview with The Root, Bonaly said, "That was my last Olympics, and pretty much my last competition ever. I was just trying to be happy. Latif Nasser: Was this all going through your mind as you were skating? TV Announcers: That really was a corker. TV Announcers: And it's second place for Surya. Sandra Bezic: Thank you for listening. Elle a atteint le sol, mais elle est tombe environ un quart de tour avant de terminer quatre rotations dans les airs; les juges ont jug que son effort tait sous-tourn et ne comptait donc pas comme un quadruple saut. Surya Bonaly: From the local ring, I guess a coach kind of call and have a meeting with your parents, say "Hey, you know, it will be nice if you could come like two times a week. Bye bye. Robert Krulwich: I mean, the idea that she's some kind of black forest princess or something? Lia Beck is a writer living in Richmond, Virginia. Latif Nasser: So in her rerouting, she turns around from skating forwards to skating backwards, picks up speed, just like she's about to do a triple, but instead-. The French figure skater was able to perform backflips on ice, and in 1998, she became the only person to land a. If there's one thing Surya Bonaly is remembered for, it's her backflips. 2022 Galvanized Media. Travaux TER en cours. Unlike her competitors ice princesses who hid behind demure smilesSurya made her feelings known. Tracie, we'll miss you. Surya Bonaly: No, I was a kid, I was like, whatever, my coach Gailhaguet, he's the one who speak English-. But when I asked Surya if that's what was happening, she said-. Cest chiant. Black?". Surya Bonaly: Yeah, oh yeah, totally. Tracie Hunte: S-U-R-Y-A. Latif Nasser: That one wasn't as close, but she was second again for the third year. TV Announcers: This is her winning season. I was competing on the national team [in France] for 12 years, and there are [kids] who watched me for years and years performing while they were small. Oh, and she takes off the medal. TV Announcers: And is now getting ready to skate for her country. And she didn't seem to care about artistry. And I was like "Surya, just get on the podium, take the medal". What happens? As a Black skater competing in the late eighties and nineties, she is still cited as a prominent example of how racism and figure skating conventions affect . So that actually takes us right back to the beginning. When you do the back flip, do your skates go up towards the ceiling and then come back down underneath you again? Jad Abumrad: That's our producer Matt Kielty. But Surya didnt accept that criticism. It's super slushy. Surya Bonaly redefined a sport that wasn't built for her. And Surya was sort of the epitome of almost the endpoint. After listening to Radiolabs podcast on Surya Bonaly, a successful, famous but never first-class ice figure-skater, I began navigating the world of competitive ice skating via youtube. They're slated to shut down by the end of March. Latif Nasser: And, by the time 1994 rolls around, she is a favorite. Robert Krulwich: What do you do? It was a totally different approach. "I don't know if race made it more difficult, but it. TV Announcers: She competed for France in 1994 and just missed the podium. Surya Bonaly: Never mind, that's life, I'm used to it. Latif Nasser: So after the medal ceremony's over, she just gets mobbed by reporters. And it was just so depressing, and it was not fair. There's the sound of Brian Boitano's back crossovers that used to excite me when I was in the rink with him. Latif Nasser: She started skating. Surya Bonaly: No. But that's probably not the sound you're [inaudible 00:17:50]-. Bonaly participated in three Winter Olympics, and though she never medalled at the Games, she is still considered one of the greats from the sport, as the five-time European champion and winner of three silver medals in the World Figure Skating Championships. Tracie Hunte: And eventually, what she says is-. TV Announcers: There's a lot there to be fixed. TV Announcers: Triple toe loop. Latif Nasser: Oh, you'll see. In the 1980s and '90s, competitive figure skating enthralled me. Every day, I tried to do the best that I could do. Surya Bonaly: No. That has to stop." Matt Kielty: Did she skate in a lot of other competitions after 95? Surya Bonaly: I don't know, I'm just not lucky. It's probably my last competition, I don't want to just retire like that. scientific studies and medical journals. Latif Nasser: She would do all kinds of other jumps that weren't even allowed in competition. I haven't got a good word for it. Surya Bonaly naci en Niza, Francia, el 15 de Diciembre de 1973, al principio su vocacin era ser gimnasta de competicin, pero a los 11 aos, empez a centrarse en el patinaje sobre hielo llegando a sobresalir ms en este terreno.. Bonaly, tiene una trayectoria envidiable dentro de este tipo de competicin, ha obtenido tres veces la medalla de plata en el Campeonato Mundial de Patinaje . "We don't want her because she's black? She was black. Les rgles du sport sont impntrables et peuvent parfois tre un peu injustes. That is not fair. Tracie Hunte: I did talk to the guy who was coaching her at the time, this guy named Didier Gailhaguet. TV Announcers: Style and grace. I have to say that word, elegant. Jad Abumrad: Were they professional skaters? Latif Nasser: Out of the picture. Latif Nasser: But then moments later she said-. Plus ils effectuent de rvolutions, plus le patineur gagne de points. She'll be back, and so will we for the medal ceremony. Latif Nasser: Just to set this up, the World Championships are the second most important event in figure skating after the Olympics. Tracie Hunte: That's Sandra Bezic. It's just a hum. Born in 1973 in France Adopted Rename Surya (means Sun in Sanskrit) Birth mother & father Adopted parents lived off the grid Surya was an active toddler Focused on skating and gymnastics at the age of 4 1984 she watched the Winter Olympics Broke her ankle Joined the French National Team in Figure Skating Back flip on ice Tumbling award 1986 Awards TV Announcers: Oh, and the crowd do not like the marks. Surya Bonaly: A figure skating pioneer Bonaly landed a backflip on one blade during her free skate. Tracie Hunte: She gets back up, keeps going through her routine. Our content is fact checked by our senior editorial staff to reflect accuracy and ensure our readers get Bonaly was the French national Champion for nine years consecutively and was also the European Champion five years in a row. Surya Bonaly: It was my dream to, you know, to do it and I know I can. Sandra Bezic: We all know Yuka's skating. Are there back flips everywhere? Tracie Hunte: That's Tonya Harding again. I know I need to fit something.". Les horaires modifis sont aussi visibles lorsque vous recherchez une gare. The French figure skater was able to perform backflips on ice, and in 1998, she became the only person to land a backflip on one blade during the Olympicsdespite it being against the rules and even though she was injured. La petite fille a t adopte par Suzanne et Georges Bonaly alors qu'elle avait huit mois, et elle n'est jamais alle l'cole tant elle tait bien protge. "You always need someone to be the first to do something. So three years in a row. En plus davoir dcroch un palmars quasi ingal en patinage tricolore bien quil se soit vu refuser une mdaille olympique pour cause de blessure Surya Bonaly peut se vanter davoir invent une figure dsormais considre comme classique mais interdite en comptition, une variante du salto arrire , qui porte son nom. } else { Latif Nasser: Yeah, these are legit skaters. She continued, "I hope I opened doors to change that. Tonya Harding: I was like, "How did you do that?". Deux jours plus tard, le maire de Nice, Christian Estrosi, lui a fait un cadeau inestimable : sa nomination comme chevalier dans lOrdre de la Lgion dhonneur. "I wish there was somebody back in my day who was able to do that for me," the 48-year-old retired Black athlete told TODAY. But on that scale, to be the only one. Sandra Bezic: And the other thing about skating that you don't necessarily get on camera is the sound of the edge. And then, after about a minute. TV Announcers: The marks for Surya Bonaly. Did she change figure skating?" Jad Abumrad: The piece was produced by Matt Kielty. Tracie Hunte: The whole crowd is booing. It's my last competition.". Her performancespunctuated by triple-triple jumps and other power movesthrilled audiences around the world. The answer they giving to us was, "No, no she didn't.". TV Interviewers: Are they unfair to you Surya? When the French international figure skater stepped onto the ice in the 1990s, the skating field was overwhelmingly white. "A stunning backflip," Newsday wrote, 20 years ago this week. "I've been doing shows with champion Evgeni Plushenko for years. Tracie Hunte: It actually ends up being a tie. Rechercher une fiche travaux. Tracie Hunte: A lot of them were like, "Eh". What could happen if somebody with unrivaled athleticism and no aversion to risk was willing to go after it? Surya Bonaly was not your typical figure skater. Tracie Hunte: I'm just not lucky. Elle est une partisane trs active de la PETA, et elle a galement organis un petit groupe de patineurs professionnels, avec qui elle collabore sur des projets spciaux. TV Announcers: Now Yuka Sato, the 21 year old from Tokyo-. Tracie Hunte: And, at the Olympics, which were just a month before, the top three ladies-. Latif Nasser: Things take a really strange turn. TV Announcers: When you can see disparity from the judges, a 5.7-. Latif Nasser: How are you doing? En raison de mon haut niveau dathltisme, jai pens quil serait bnfique pour moi dessayer simplement damliorer mes [quad jumps].. So she was just this sort of blip on the skating scene, where no one was like her before, and there hasn't really been anyone like her since. TV Announcers: Surya has not cut her hair since her birth. Tracie Hunte: And she hits her first jump, crowd loves it. Tracie Hunte: That she never cut her hair. And that's something that she couldn't do because she was jumping on straight lines. Un acte de violence psychologique, mais aussi psychologique. Latif Nasser: Now, we should say that wasn't the sound of Surya skating, or any of those other people. ", Bonaly has also opened up about being one of few Black skaters, and how she doesn't know how much racism may have affected her career. Jad Abumrad: And does she quit at this point? Surya Bonaly: Yeah. Latif Nasser: But there is this kind of ironic thing, I guess, which is that if you took her and you put her in competition today, if she was competing on the world stage today, she would would probably do better than she did back then. Wait. Tonya Harding: She was just so exciting, and there was just no boundaries for her. A lot. Bravo !!! It's shady as (beep). Latif Nasser: She said, "Never mind, that's life, I'm used to it.". Georges Ayache, crivain et avocat, a rsid Nice. Tonya Harding: Hi Latin. She continues to do ice shows occasionally, but right now I think the main thing that she's doing, she's coaching. And he told me he planted these stories! That's okay. 2012 WFSC 03d 890 Anisina Bonali.JPG 1,069 710; 212 KB. (Mme si les rglements de lISU interdisent actuellement aux patineuses dinclure des sauts en quad dans le programme court, elles sont autorises le faire dans le programme libre.) Latif Nasser: Okay, okay. Bestlifeonline.com is part of the Meredith Health Group. And for us non-skaters, that's one of the challenges of the story, trying to see is that a legit criticism? Matt Kielty: It's a back flip! Jad Abumrad: stay listening? Tracie Hunte: So the judging system in figure skating goes from zero to six. Don't steal my back flip. Sandra Bezic: Well, I think the idea that was held back in her marks for any other reason other than the quality of her skating I think is incorrect. Tracie Hunte: I don't know how else to-. Matt Kielty: But she never wins? Robert Krulwich: Wait a minute. Surya Bonaly, 2010.jpg 821 1,125; 130 KB. Louis Aragon, pote et crivain, a vcu Nice de 1941 1942 avec sa femme Elsa Triolet. Danse avec les Stars . And there's no end to what she might achieve. And say, "I'm not dumb, and I'm getting sick now, I'm sick of it. Robert Krulwich: So I'm just curious. Born in Nice, France, Bonaly, who is black, was adopted by white parents and grew up in a world where she felt she had to try harder. At UPHF, students also benefit from green campuses, equipped with numerous sports facilities . Jaurais aim moccuper de la relve. I improved like every week, every month you can see a difference. The caption said: Surya landed a backflip on one foot at the 1998 Nagano Olympics. Matt Kielty: What happens after the-. I found ample videos of Bonaly, as well as her female competition and male counterparts performing intense, skilful, stunning routines - all whist poised on top of two Latif Nasser: It's illegal because it's so dangerous. Lune des figures qui porte son nom est un salto arrire reu sur une jambe. Bonaly, * 15. prosince 1973 Nice) je bval francouzsk krasobruslaka, ptinsobn mistryn Evropy a stbrn medailistka z mistrovstv svta. Latif Nasser: Japan. She was athletic. And she's trying to be more graceful, more beautiful, more elegant. The contrast of her skin on the ice was beautiful. Opening up with her triple lutz. A vibrant picture book biography of Surya Bonaly, the figure skating champion who backflipped her way into history As a young girl in France, Surya Bonaly was constantly in motion, gifted in any sport she tried. Sandra Bezic: If you watch her jumps, they were on straight lines, and if a jump is on a straight line, then it can't land with flow because the idea is to land your jump with as much speed and flow as you had going into it. Johnette Howard: Yeah, I think there's several things. Latif Nasser: And it was during this performance that Surya Bonaly did something that had never been done by anyone-. Latif Nasser: So jumping forward to the final day of the Championship, Surya is in second place. Sandra Bezic: I'd like to see her stop jumping for six months and learn to skate. Tracie Hunte: Or, is this just a way of saying that she's black? Marie-Renie Le: It was my season. Latif Nasser: Does the splits in the air. EDINA, Minn. When Surya Bonaly started figure skating as a little girl, it was casual. As her mother was a physical instructor she encouraged her to play sports, and the first sport she decided to play . Elvis Stojko: With powerful spin. Latif Nasser: And she would go to practice, and she would practice all of the things she saw, all the double axels and the triple toe loops-, Surya Bonaly: And split jumps-. TV Announcers: Notice her hair-. Didier Gailhagu: Because female skating at that moment were nice cute girls. Rerouting, okay we have to go right now! It's okay. For the technical merit, it's the 5.9s that please her. TV Announcers: Sixteen year old Oksana Bayul. Didier Gailhagu: Yeah, she was still a young baby-. Stories, right? She was good, you know. If there's one thing Surya Bonaly is remembered for, it's her backflips. Jad Abumrad: What did she do? I'm the only one who did it. And in a 5-4 decision-. Latif Nasser: So this is Marie-Reine Le Gougne, and she is a former French figure skating official. TV Announcers: And she finishes her program with her back to the judges. Tracie Hunte: Well, after a couple years of getting these kinds of marks, she does some soul searching. Surya Bonaly: Yeah, no. Many times I have heard that word. And still, what do you need more of me to do at this point? The tenaciousness of Surya Bonaly makes her more of a champion than all of her titles combined. Tracie Hunte: And then she lands on one foot. I was known for the backflip in exhibitions, not in competition, but I wanted to leave a trademark. TV Announcers: And now the silver medalist. And the doctors said, "Maybe we should withdraw." Test the outer edges of what you think you know, http://www.radiolab.org/story/here-are-skating-routines-we-cant-stop-watching/. Latif Nasser: And then what comes to her is that there is this move that she has in her repertoire that she can do, but it's illegal. Latif Nasser: No, she keeps going. Surya Bonaly was born on December 15, 1973, in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Surya Bonaly: I prefer to hit a triple triple jump, then [inaudible 00:10:14]. An entertaining part of the event was a video shown of famous figure skaters doing backflips on the ice. Latif Nasser: Starts her program-. navigator.sendBeacon('https://www.google-analytics.com/collect', payload); Surya Bonaly: Yeah. TV Announcers: And where is the European Champion? Jad Abumrad: What did she say there? It's a sound that we all love. Lorsque vous avez matris un certain aspect, vous devez continuellement vous efforcer de lamliorer en essayant quelque chose de nouveau et de diffrent plutt que de vous en tenir aux mmes vieilles choses. Introduction: Wait. Surya Bonaly: It was very fast. Latif Nasser: So that's exactly the problem. TV Announcers: Oh, what's going on inside that young woman? Surya Bonaly: Yeah, totally. Surya Bonaly: Unfortunately, they chose her. 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