She grew up in Nice. This article is more than 3 years old. It was hers for the taking. ', raconte lathlte. Johnette Howard: Senior writer for espn.com. And there's no end to what she might achieve. In addition to Best Life, she has written for Refinery29, Bustle, Hello Giggles, InStyle, and more. Latif Nasser: She started skating. Latif Nasser: But this little teenage girl, Surya Bonaly, no problem. 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. Latif Nasser: And, by the time 1994 rolls around, she is a favorite. Find your friends on Facebook. Backflips were, and still are, illegal in. So, even though, you know, I was small, tiny, tiny, she just put me on the ice and say, "Hey, just hang around and chill on the ice." Surya Bonaly: No. Tracie Hunte: In her routine there were these moments where it just looks like she was sort of skipping across the ice, just very balletic moves. She's not elegant. Surya says, you know, at that age she really didn't know too much about what was going on. Tracie Hunte: She was kind of hard on Surya. Tracie Hunte: It actually ends up being a tie. Jad Abumrad: And? Latif Nasser: Yeah, these are legit skaters. And we sent the clip to Sandra, and she was like, "Yes!". She is a notable French-American professional figure skater best known for her unique skating style and bold jumps. Tracie Hunte: She does a back flip. Elvis Stojko: For me, it was sort of a new face on the scene, like the fresh stick of gum. Tracie Hunte: Well, after a couple years of getting these kinds of marks, she does some soul searching. Latif Nasser: I laughed out loud when I heard you say that you would call me on your Zamboni break. Jad Abumrad: Do you have any idea what you're saying right now? Sandra Bezic: Thank you for listening. Linsigne de Chevalier de lordre de la Lgion dhonneur, dcern lancien athlte franais deux jours plus tard, tait un cadeau inestimable du peuple franais. Sandra Bezic: It's a beautiful sound. And he told me he planted these stories! Matt Kielty: What happens after the-. What happens? Latif Nasser: She would do all kinds of other jumps that weren't even allowed in competition. The retired sportsperson Surya Bonaly was born on 15 December 1973. Latif Nasser: Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis Stojko is in the building. Surya Bonaly: Like Holiday on Ice. Latif Nasser: So that's exactly the problem. Marie-Renie Le: And we had to choose only two girls. A New Approach. Surya Bonaly: I thought it was like, amazing. She had it all. It's mine. TV Interviewers: Do you feel you were robbed tonight? Stop now. Robert Krulwich: Don't you think that that's a little unsportsmanlike? Tracie Hunte: And then she lands on one foot. TV Announcers: And the crowd here appreciate it. Elvis Stojko: Explosive. 2022 Galvanized Media. They had a certain conception of female skating. Absolutely. TV Announcers: The first marks, of course, the technical merit, Bonaly's strength, although Sato skated and jumped so well, and every one of those marks except the Finnish judge go to Bonaly. "I've been in Las Vegas since end of 1999," she told CY Interview in 2020. Five to four, Sato is the new World Champion. Jad Abumrad: This is Radiolab. Latif Nasser: So she gets up, does her final skate in front of the home crowd. Tracie Hunte: I think the rep that she got after this was that she was a sore loser. TV Announcers: A late arrival, and here she comes. Bonaly was born on December 15, 1973 in Nice, France to an Ivorian father and a mother from Runion, Madagascar. En raison de mon haut niveau dathltisme, jai pens quil serait bnfique pour moi dessayer simplement damliorer mes [quad jumps].. Fortunately I was good at it. Do a back flip. Latif Nasser: So what happened was that right after all the results were out, they set up the medal ceremony, they called out the skaters. xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain;charset=UTF-8'); Sandra Bezic: Soren Wheeler is Senior Editor. Black girl magic If there's one thing Surya Bonaly is remembered for, it's her backflips. But it was figure skating that had her heart. Bye bye. Jad Abumrad: Producers Latin Nasser and Tracie Hunt. And at the time, skating was sort of locked into this loud and fractious debate about "What do we want to be". Tracie Hunte: Not immediately. TV Announcers: This girl is very different. Rerouting, okay we have to go right now! Surya Bonaly: No. Surya Bonaly: Never mind, that's life, I'm used to it. It's a good story that pops off of, it's like-. Now I'm preparing to go on a big tour in Europe for Holiday on Ice. Read on to find out about her life today. Tracie Hunte: According to her, they would say the kind of things like she was too muscular, or she wasn't elegant enough. Surya Bonaly: She did good, she did good. They first called out Yuka, she comes out from this tunnel backstage onto the ice, waves, smiles at everybody. Tonya Harding: I went through it, I know all about it. Surya Bonaly: Pretty good, thanks. I can't imagine what it must be like, well I can imagine what it must be like. } else { Sandra Bezic: I'd like to see her stop jumping for six months and learn to skate. Robert Krulwich: Are they still illegal? Log in or sign up for Facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. We didn't have the same one. Surya Bonaly: I think it was more like a point of saying this is it. Tracie Hunte: Anyone. TV Interviewers: What did you think of those marks? This is Tonya calling. She's French, 24 years old, she's black. Bonaly credited her ability to perform triple jumps with ease to her gymnastics background. TV Announcers: -years old from Nice in the south of France. Latif Nasser: Not at Olympics, not at the World Championships, no. We're at the Olympics in Nagano. Latif Nasser: Cause it's really dangerous. Surya Bonaly: Sonja Henie. Surya Bonaly: Just that I'd over and over it so many times, that every time, it's never me because whatever I can do, how many triples, I can be pretty, I can have the best choreographer, so everything was made to be on the top. I couldn't do anything. Surya Bonaly: Yeah. She lives in Minnesota and she's coaching young skaters. She'll be back, and so will we for the medal ceremony. Marie-Renie Le: And the majority of the people didn't want a black skater as-. Johnette Howard: Well, it was, it was arresting. Tracie Hunte: And she hits her first jump, crowd loves it. Latif Nasser: No, no back flips, sadly. 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. TV Announcers: Flowers for Katarina! They've been forced to shutter over safety hazards. Latif Nasser: You're like the GPS lady. Gosh, I wish I had a good word to describe it. Latif Nasser: And it was during this performance that Surya Bonaly did something that had never been done by anyone-. Let's get back to our story about Surya Bonaly, or Bonaly as it's said in French, from producers Tracie Hunt and Latin Nasser. Matt Kielty: It's a back flip! That's why it's called the Bonaly. Latif Nasser: She goes back out on the ice. Latif Nasser: What was going on? And I think there were a lot of people in skating that didn't want it. It's like a really good story. Tracie Hunte: Were just a little bit more loaded. Latif Nasser: Does the splits in the air. "Illegal but . This week, we lace up our skates and tell a story about loving a sport that doesnt love you back, and being judged in front of the world according to rules you dont understand. 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 is a former French skater and current coach known for her tremendous technical ability and, famously, for the one-footed illegal backflip she landed at the 1998 Olympics. 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. The backflip, which has. Matt Kielty: Did she skate in a lot of other competitions after 95? Search instead in Creative? Jad Abumrad: But I don't necessarily hear whatever it is that she is hearing and think, "Yes!". Tracie Hunte: Well, that's the question, and it's kind of complicated. Surya Bonaly: They're like, "Oh, well, you did it on one foot." Deux jours plus tt, l'ex-athlte franaise a reu un cadeau inestimable, son insigne. Latif Nasser: Yeah, you can watch the YouTube videos from that period, and it's like she's a different skater. It's a sound that we all love. He says something, but you can't hear what it is. She had maybe less triples than me, but she was maybe more prettier. Latif Nasser: Again, that's Sandra Bezic. 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. You do your best, it's fine. V roce 1998 na zimnch olympijskch hrch v Naganu pedvedla jako jedin olympionika v historii salto vzad na jedn noze. Our content is fact checked by our senior editorial staff to reflect accuracy and ensure our readers get Thanks. Loretta Swit begged the writers to stop using it. TV Announcers: When you can see disparity from the judges, a 5.7-. And I was like "Surya, just get on the podium, take the medal". Latif Nasser: No, no, no. I know I need to fit something.". Tracie Hunte: More circly, yeah. Jad Abumrad: So she gave you the thumbs up that we got it right. Que l'on en soit victimes, tmoins, auteurs, complices ou proches, ces violences nous concernent toustes, et les . Surya BONALY. How many triple triple you want me? Surya Bonaly: Yes, yes, yeah. 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'm the one that created this one. Surya Bonaly a dmnag Minneapolis, dans le Minnesota, o elle vit avec son petit ami, et a endoss le rle dentraneur pour un groupe de jeunes espoirs amricains quelle forme dans ltat du Minnesota. Surya Bonaly: Especially for ladies, they like to keep the girls pretty. Surya Bonaly: I thought, it's still sport, sports mean challenge. What has happened since this story ended? Tracie Hunte: I just felt empathy for her. Tracie Hunte: Yeah, you're absolutely right. So WNYC studios, which is our home, wants to get a clear sense of how you listen, how you engage the shows that we make here. Tracie Hunte: And eventually, what she says is-. Latif Nasser: All right. But the persons who judge what's the best at this something you want to do, don't share their bestness with your sense of bestness, so you do your best and their best and your best are different and now you can't best it out. Tracie Hunte: Combination after combination. She knew. 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 . And it couldn't be totally illegal because as long as land on one foot, "Maybe we will think about it.". And, at her final Olympic performance, she attempted one jump that flew in the face of the establishment, and marked her for life as a rebel. Quite frankly, Yuka Sato is an amazing skater. If there's one thing Surya Bonaly is remembered for, it's her backflips. I'm the only one who did it. Tracie Hunte: And when she gets to the podium, she congratulates Yuka Sato, but then-. "Illegal but astounding . At the same time that Nancy and Tonya were dueling it out on the ice, an explosively talented skater from France named Surya Bonaly was pushing the limits of the sport. She was adopted by white parents when she was only 18 months old and began skating at the young age of 11. TV Announcers: Here are the marks. TV Announcers: Oh my goodness! Her performancespunctuated by triple-triple jumps and other power movesthrilled audiences around the world. Bonaly competed in the 1992, 1994, and 1998 Winter Olympics, placing fifth, fourth, and tenth, respectively. All the cameras crowding around and-. This has never been repeated in Olympic competition since. When you're black, you know. These are all just words to me. Therefore when the judges fired back at her flip with technical marks ranging from 4.8 to 5.3 and presentation scores from 4.9 to 5.3 that dropped Bonaly from sixth to 11th place, the skater didn . Bonaly, * 15. prosince 1973 Nice) je bval francouzsk krasobruslaka, ptinsobn mistryn Evropy a stbrn medailistka z mistrovstv svta. Surya Bonaly: A figure skating pioneer Bonaly landed a backflip on one blade during her free skate. 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. Latif Nasser: And that she had, that she, what was it? And the doctors said, "Maybe we should withdraw." Tracie Hunte: And then she got to this point where she just knew she couldn't do it. Surya Bonaly: It was so much pain. Bravo !!! And it's more like empathy. Ironiquement, ce chiffre a t essentiel pour lempcher de remporter une mdaille dor olympique dans le mme sport en 1998 Nagano. What was the problem? Tracie Hunte: All those words used to criticize her skating-. 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. First Olympic Games Albertville 1992. And she was part of a team whose job it was to decide which girls to send to the Junior World Championships. I'm still performing all over the world," she told The Root in 2014. Tracie Hunte: Were they saying out loud? Produced by Matt Kielty with help from Tracie Hunte. Latif Nasser: Now, we should say that wasn't the sound of Surya skating, or any of those other people. She continued, "I hope I opened doors to change that. Robert Krulwich: I'm Robert Kruller. Latif Nasser: Pretty much as soon as she hit the scene, you started hearing these rumors that she had adopted been adopted from a coconut-strewn beach in Reunion Island, off the coast of Madagascar. Latif Nasser: Now, Tonya Harding, she said that she had this issue. Those are as high as any we've seen. Didier Gailhagu: And what do you want to hear? Robert Krulwich: And I think it's very legitimate to feel like you can't out your finger on this feeling that never goes away and never absolves and is always there and always makes you feel weird. Tonya Harding: Dylan Keefe is our Director of Sound Design. Her mother was a sports coach who taught multiple disciplines from gymnastics to figure skating. ", Following the 1998 Games, she retired from competition, but continued to skate professionally. Que faire quand tout le monde sait de quoi vous parlez ? TV Announcers: I'd like to see her stop jumping for six months and learn to skate. Latif Nasser: But not any old back flip. Also, she says you're supposed to land all your jumps on one foot. Surya Bonaly tait ravie de retourner Nice pour son anniversaire (elle a eu 46 ans le 15 dcembre 2019). Surya Bonaly: Yeah, totally. Ils refltent galement un athltisme croissant dans le patinage artistique fminin, que Bonaly a tent de stimuler tout au long de sa comptition carrire. Surya Varuna Claudine Bonalyov (nepech. Elvis Stojko: Yuka was one of those really lyrical skaters. Tracie Hunte: Exactly, yes. TV Announcers: International Skating Union President Olaf Poulsen-. Robert Krulwich: I mean, the idea that she's some kind of black forest princess or something? Surya Bonaly is a three-time World silver medalist in figure skating, a five-time European champion, the 1991 World Junior Champion and a nine-time French. And it was just so depressing, and it was not fair. Latif Nasser: Powerfulness versus prettiness. Tonya Harding: She had the stepping, the gliding, the running. They didn't know what to do with me. TV Announcers: Oh, and the crowd do not like the marks. I pulled a muscle. And I split my eye open and almost broke my neck and I was just like, you know what, I don't think this is going to be a good thing. Tracie Hunte: Now, I cannot imagine how Surya felt in that moment, but I didn't necessarily think that these prejudiced people had denied her this. Danse avec les Stars . She wins 8 out of 9 technical merits. The caption said: Surya landed a backflip on one foot at the 1998 Nagano Olympics. Latif Nasser: Starts her program-. Maris au premier regard It's not like all of a sudden figure skating rinks across the world were flooded with little black girls learning their salchows and their lutzes and things like that. 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. "You always need someone to be the first to do something. How will I say? Latif Nasser: Okay, okay. That's okay. She continues to do ice shows occasionally, but right now I think the main thing that she's doing, she's coaching. Johnette Howard: They want these people to look like little ballerinas but leap into these jumps like predators. But, I can kind of see where he was going because what he was trying to do, was that he was trying to present her to the world as this radically new kind of skater. Tracie Hunte: No back flips. At the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan, one athlete pulled a move that, so far as we know, no one else had ever done in all ofhuman history. If anything, I felt more like, man, it really must suck to be the only black woman skating at that kind of level, and not really understand why things are happening. Latif Nasser: They are still illegal, yeah. Latif Nasser: She said that she backed Surya. It was so close. And on Surya's artistic marks, she would get scores like-. TV Announcers: Triple toe loop. Now it's down to the judges as to whether the gold medal belongs to Sato of Japan or Bonaly of France. 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. There are different sounds. I swear, it's like an earthquake. Surya Bonaly: My mom was a sport coach and she was about to be like a volunteer for a gymnastic club and skating club. Un acte de violence psychologique, mais aussi psychologique. Tracie Hunte: He puts the medal around Surya's neck, shakes her hand, and then he holds onto her hand, and just kind of pulls her onto the podium. ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb. And I said, "Whatever, just put a zero so we can move on.". 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. She began working on a quad in practice in 1989 after winning the first of her nine consecutive national figure skating titles. There was this one time we found on YouTube where she boos the judges-. Tonya Harding: Hi Latin. Les horaires modifis sont aussi visibles lorsque vous recherchez une gare. I don't know if there was racism. Is that what you're saying? Surya Bonaly was born December 15, 1973 in Nice, France. TV Announcers: That's a really fast step sequence. Tracie Hunte: So Yuka gets off the ice, she goes to wait for her marks. Tracie Hunte: After that, it's just triple, triple, triple, triple, triple. And that she was defiant. She takes the ice-. Robert Krulwich: So, she doesn't get high scores? Surya Bonaly remained involved in skating. Selon lUnion internationale de patinage, les backflips taient et continuent dtre interdits en patinage de comptition (ISU). Sandra Bezic: And the other thing about skating that you don't necessarily get on camera is the sound of the edge. The retailer's cutting-edge new offering is angering some local residents. Elvis Stojko: I came down right on my face. she told the Olympic Channel podcast in 2020. TV Announcers: Tears begin to flow. Latif Nasser: Sure, but picture yourself if you're in that position, and you find yourself getting second, second, you feel like you're not-. Just give me anything you can. Jad Abumrad: stay listening? Surya Bonaly: Oh, the World Championships? Tracie Hunte: Oksana Bayul got gold-, TV Announcers: Nancy Kerrigan is physically-, Tracie Hunte: Nancy Kerrigan got silver, Chen Lu got the bronze, and fourth place was Surya. TV Announcers: Style and grace. TV Announcers: Raw talent there. if( navigator.sendBeacon ) { Lancien champion ouvrira les festivits du Nol camarguais 2017 Aigues-Mortes le 15 dcembre 19h, prsentera une exposition Antibes le 16 dcembre 17h30, et ddicacera la nouvelle patinoire Nmes le 22 dcembre. She was athletic. Tracie Hunte: That's Johnette Howard-. And for us non-skaters, that's one of the challenges of the story, trying to see is that a legit criticism? Sources. Latif Nasser: She's in this gold and blue sequin outfit, and she starts her routine. "At first I was almost like ashamed Maybe I'm going to be hated forever." It was banned by the figure skating federation (ISU) in 1976. How are we going to introduce this? Latif Nasser: How are you doing? The radius could be huge, but it's still a circle. Tracie Hunte: Is that there's this fundamental tension in the sport of figure skating between artistry on one side and athleticism on the other. It's okay. Christian Estrosi, le maire de Nice, est celui qui la oubli. Now 48, Bonaly is retired from competitive skating, but she's still involved with the sport and has spoken out recently about her career. And everything was fine until the day before the short program. Jacques Barbri, crivain franais de science-fiction, n le 14 juillet 1954 Nice. It's probably my last competition, I don't want to just retire like that. Tracie Hunte: She gets back up, keeps going through her routine. Reported by Latif Nasser and Tracie Hunte, Special thanks to the Sky Rink at Chelsea Piers, the Schwan Super Rink, Richmond Training Center, Simon Bowers of Bowers Audio Service, Vanessa Gusmeroli, Phil Hersh, Allison Manley, Randy Harvey, Rob Bailey and Lynn Plage, Michael Rosenberg, and Linda Lewis, If you heard "On the Edge" and you're looking to fall in love with figure skating all over again, start here:http://www.radiolab.org/story/here-are-skating-routines-we-cant-stop-watching/. Figure Skating. Surya Bonaly: Unfortunately, they chose her. Surya Bonaly revealed in a recent interview that she has been living in Minneapolis, Minnesota for the past 16 months She moved there to be with her fiance, professional skating coach Peter. Surya Bonaly: For me it took like 10 minutes. Lost in the Desert 34m Again. Year of Birth 1973. It was very subtle. Especially impressive is Janet Champion doing a string of 10 back handsprings . } The tenaciousness of Surya Bonaly makes her more of a champion than all of her titles combined. Mostly it was not fair. "Sans lui, sans elle " ralis par Claude Couderc - Dargoole cerca e cataloga i video presenti sui pi famosi portali di video sharing del Web. Surya Bonaly: Well, you know. TV Announcers: Off to the dressing room for the new champion. Georges Ayache, crivain et avocat, a rsid Nice. So as far as sports go, it's kind of in its own category. Latif Nasser: Out of the picture. Tracie Hunte: She would see all these famous skaters. A Natural in the Gym and on the Ice. "We don't want her because she's black? And Surya was daring. Tonya Harding: The very first time that I ever saw her do a back flip, I mean, my mouth just dropped open. So now, you get points for doing the kinds of power moves that she was doing way back when. No? Latif Nasser: She didn't come out. TV Announcers: Upset, no doubt. Studying at the Universit Polytechnique Hauts-de-France. Latif Nasser: She'd step on the ice, and people would go crazy. Closing Credits: Start of message. Those top three ladies: Oksana, Nancy, Lu-. Surya Bonaly: I know, I was like, "It's the only time," and I guess-. They see it was possible for me, so hopefully they think, 'Why not try it?'" TV Announcers: Notice her hair-. Respect Sorya, je vous ai toujours admir, quelle carrire, et le salto arrire restera longtemps grav dans notre ma mmoire ! TV Announcers: Absolutely. Surya Bonaly was not your typical figure skater. Robert Krulwich: She came in second, that's not bad. 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 Recherchez toute l'info travaux et les horaires modifis qui impactent votre ligne en tlchargeant votre fiche horaires. Jad Abumrad: What do you do? scientific studies and medical journals. She's the kind of skater that puts a smile on your face. For the girl I was back then -- still trying to starve and destruct myself to fit in the status quo . Tracie Hunte: She would do back flips, hands-. Tracie Hunte: Or, is this just a way of saying that she's black? Tracie Hunte: That's Sandra Bezic. We just need time and you know, power from some people.". What was the problem? I had the courage to say because she was black. Latif Nasser: She's never medalled at the Olympics before. She won a 1986 World Trampoline Championships silver medal for France in team tumbling at age 12. Tracie Hunte: In 1989 when she appears at the World Championships-. I was just trying to be happy. Devenue la premire femme russir un quadruple saut aux Jeux olympiques, qui ont eu lieu pendant la comptition par quipe. "I never really quit skating. Il faut prciser que lancienne gymnaste tait bien consciente du fait que le backflip est interdit en patinage artistique depuis 1976 du fait quil ncessite un atterrissage sur les deux patins. I'm broken, I'm damaged, I'm like a used car that's good for the trash. That guy just came in, he said hi to everybody in the room but he didn't say it to me. Really I was so messed up. You will see significant upgrades in-store and online this year. TV Interviewers: Are they unfair to you Surya? And she's trying to be more graceful, more beautiful, more elegant. Latif Nasser: And she would attack everything. Didier Gailhagu: We used the press very well. If you're talking about Serena Williams, whose facing a lot of these same kinds of criticisms, it doesn't matter. 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. Latif Nasser: Had anyone ever done this back flip onto one blade before? Surya Bonaly broke many of figure skating's racial barriers, and a new documentary honors her legacy. TV Announcers: Now Yuka Sato, the 21 year old from Tokyo-. Elvis Stojko: I didn't want to skate like what they wanted skating to look like. TV Announcers: Boy, this is going to be close. Surya Bonaly ( Nice, 15 de dezembro de 1973) uma ex- patinadora artstica francesa, que competia no individual feminino . Surya Bonaly (5139144733).jpg 735 922; 621 KB. Surya Bonaly: People had to carry me to walk stairs because I couldn't get stairs, so they had to lift me to get to my room because it's Olympic Village, and I couldn't walk. "I know you don't want me to, but I'm going to do this anyway." Latif Nasser: There's just a lot of raw talent, but it's not fully - hasn't been refined. https://www.instagram.com/suryabonaly1/?hl=en. Latif Nasser: The sound I have in my head is like a hockey stop. Bonaly, 48, is touched that people remember her skating and amused that new fans enjoy videos of her competing and performing. Jad Abumrad: Story comes from our producer Latin Nasser and also, producer Tracie Hunte. The answer they giving to us was, "No, no she didn't.". How do you get noticed [inaudible 00:38:34] competition? Did you feel that any of the difficulty was because you're black? Jad Abumrad: She competed in the World Championships in 1995, the very next year and she came in second. } Tracie Hunte: But when it came down to the artistic marks-. Jad Abumrad: So why was she getting bad marks to begin with? Next skater. Test the outer edges of what you think you know, http://www.radiolab.org/story/here-are-skating-routines-we-cant-stop-watching/. Or maybe now will be nice if we'll do maybe four times a week. partir du jeudi 2 mars 2023, retrouvez Nous faire justice , le nouveau cycle de discussions des Couilles sur la table.5 ans aprs le dbut de la vague #MeToo, nous commenons, collectivement, mesurer l'impact des violences sexistes et sexuelles sur nos vies. TV Announcers: And where is the European Champion? Sandra Bezic: Hi. Surya Bonaly: Yeah, because I was black, so I was like, people was like, "What? Tonya Harding: Hope that's okay. 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