And this is where things kind of get confusing. 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. Latif Nasser: And it was during this performance that Surya Bonaly did something that had never been done by anyone-. What happened? Tracie Hunte: And then she lands on one foot. And you're always second guessing. Robert Krulwich: So I'm just curious. Surya Bonaly: For me it took like 10 minutes. de patineurs. In fact-. And after that, you kind of see a difference. 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: And to make matters worse, Surya at that moment was already recovering from a ruptured achilles tendon. Bonaly credited her ability to perform triple jumps with ease to her gymnastics background. La diffusion du documentaire Noirs en France ce mardi sur France 2 a fait ressurgir des souvenirs douloureux pour certains Franais, l'image de la mdaille d'argent de Surya Bonaly aux . Are there back flips everywhere? Surya Bonaly: A figure skating pioneer Bonaly landed a backflip on one blade during her free skate. The tenaciousness of Surya Bonaly makes her more of a champion than all of her titles combined. Jad Abumrad: And? Tracie Hunte: Combination after combination. Black girl magic Kirsten: Hi there, this is Kirsten recording from Orlando, Florida. Latif Nasser: So she gets up, does her final skate in front of the home crowd. Matt Kielty: But she never wins? Christian Estrosi, le maire de Nice, est celui qui la oubli. Tracie Hunte: Yeah, you're absolutely right. (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.) En 2015, elle accorde sa confiance nos confrres : Comme le montre le fait que jaurais prfr passer mon aprs-carrire en France, qui est mon pays dorigine ! Tonya Harding: She had the stepping, the gliding, the running. Oh, and she takes off the medal. Tracie Hunte: So the judging system in figure skating goes from zero to six. Latif Nasser: So that's exactly the problem. You're like recalculating. TV Announcers: An unlikely place to find a world-class figure skater. TV Announcers: There's the triple salchow. And towards the end of the program, I was supposed to go for two more triples, and I said, "You know what, I don't feel it. Tracie Hunte: After that, it's just triple, triple, triple, triple, triple. 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. So if you have a second, there is a survey at wnyc.org/participate. Rechercher une fiche travaux. TV Announcers: When you can see disparity from the judges, a 5.7-. And Surya was sort of the epitome of almost the endpoint. Robert Krulwich: She came in second, that's not bad. She'll be back, and so will we for the medal ceremony. She was determined to hone the difficult maneuver,. Was there just the one sort of-. They've changed the scoring system. Surya Bonaly a avou Ouest-France en 2015 quelle se sentait vraiment dpasse par la douleur. Elvis Stojko: Yuka was one of those really lyrical skaters. Surya Bonaly was not your typical figure skater. "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. They've been forced to shutter over safety hazards. 458 Surya Bonaly Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images CREATIVE EDITORIAL VIDEO All Sports Entertainment News Archival Browse 458 surya bonaly stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. You will see significant upgrades in-store and online this year. Latif Nasser: But not any old back flip. Tracie Hunte: According to her, they would say the kind of things like she was too muscular, or she wasn't elegant enough. https://www.instagram.com/suryabonaly1/?hl=en. Tracie Hunte: It actually ends up being a tie. } else { Latif Nasser: Things take a really strange turn. xhr.open('POST', 'https://www.google-analytics.com/collect', true); Tracie Hunte: She was kind of hard on Surya. Little Girl: Look, there's Sonja Henie! Tracie Hunte: Well, that's the question, and it's kind of complicated. Every day, I tried to do the best that I could do. And anyway, you chose somebody else. Sources. Ctait comme, H, je peux faire des triples, alors quelle est la prochaine ? The French figure skater was able to perform backflips on ice, and in 1998, she became the only person to land a. Latif Nasser: But this little teenage girl, Surya Bonaly, no problem. Jad Abumrad: Were they professional skaters? TV Announcers: Sixteen year old Oksana Bayul. I have to say that word, elegant. Jad Abumrad: Before we get started, wondering if we could ask your help on a little something. Well, we had the World Championships in Japan. Latif Nasser: That one wasn't as close, but she was second again for the third year. 1992ko, 1994ko eta 1998ko Neguko Olinpiar Jokoetan parte hartu zuen. Tracie Hunte: They're professional figure skaters. Dans cette vido on vous parle de l'histoire de Surya Bonaly , l'une des plus grandes championne franaise du patinage artistique.Championne avant gardiste d. Johnette Howard: They want these people to look like little ballerinas but leap into these jumps like predators. Tracie Hunte: And speaking of difference, you know, if we fast forward a little bit TV Announcers: And here she is on the world stage, Surya Bonaly. A Natural in the Gym and on the Ice. We adhere to structured guidelines for sourcing information and linking to other resources, including "I can see now people recognize and appreciate more than when I was. 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. Sandra Bezic: I'd like to see her stop jumping for six months and learn to skate. 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-. But, she did that here. Whipping around, Bonaly landed on one blade an Olympic first that no one has dared to match. Surya Bonaly: I think it was more like a point of saying this is it. At UPHF, students also benefit from green campuses, equipped with numerous sports facilities . Well, how about every day?" Surya Bonaly: Pretty good, thanks. Black?". Latif Nasser: And she goes over off to the side to a bench with her coach to await her results. Tracie Hunte: Well, she retired from figure skating after the 98 Olympics. 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. Jad Abumrad: stay listening? I improved like every week, every month you can see a difference. Especially impressive is Janet Champion doing a string of 10 back handsprings . So now, you get points for doing the kinds of power moves that she was doing way back when. Tracie Hunte: I just felt empathy for her. TV Announcers: Notice her hair-. Matt Kielty: Did she skate in a lot of other competitions after 95? The sound of a beautiful skater going from edge to edge, from lean to lean. For the girl I was back then -- still trying to starve and destruct myself to fit in the status quo . TV Announcers: That's very incredible. But, In Surya's case. She took birth at her parents' home in Nice, France. She began working on a quad in practice in 1989 after winning the first of her nine consecutive national figure skating titles. Tracie Hunte: And, at the Olympics, which were just a month before, the top three ladies-. Matt Kielty: After the ceremony? Surya Bonaly: Yeah, because I was black, so I was like, people was like, "What? Jad Abumrad: What did she say there? xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain;charset=UTF-8'); As a former champion. Latif Nasser: That was the World Championships, not the Olympics. Surya BONALY. Surya bonaly enceinte 2020; Lors de sa performance libre aux Jeux olympiques de Nagano en 1998, lolympienne Surya Bonaly est peut-tre surtout connue pour avoir choqu les juges en faisant un saut prilleux arrire, ce qui tait une premire pour elle lpoque. Robert Krulwich: How do you spell Surya? TV Interviewers: Why did you not accept the medal? Les rgles du sport sont impntrables et peuvent parfois tre un peu injustes. Surya Bonaly: It was very fast. Did you feel that any of the difficulty was because you're black? Surya was always very like-. So knock on wood, I hope I'll be able to die in peace. Johnette Howard: Yeah, I think there's several things. Latif Nasser: Again, that's Sandra Bezic. Elvis Stojko: Like say a Tonya Harding-style skating. Jad Abumrad: How did Surya feel about all this? Marie-Renie Le: And the majority of the people didn't want a black skater as-. Surya Bonaly: I had new choreography, changed my whole skating roles, changed my coaches. 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. Tracie Hunte: She would do back flips, hands-. 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. They're slated to shut down by the end of March. Surya Bonaly Vie Prive; Si vous souhaitez poursuivre une carrire de patineur artistique professionnel, vous devez tre natif de La Runion.La date de naissance de Surya Bonaly est le 15 dcembre 1973. And everything was fine until the day before the short program. Latif Nasser: Okay, okay. Marie-Renie Le: Marie-Reine Le Gougne speaking. Linsigne de Chevalier de lordre de la Lgion dhonneur, dcern lancien athlte franais deux jours plus tard, tait un cadeau inestimable du peuple franais. Robert Krulwich: I'm Robert Krulwich. Latif Nasser: She started skating. That she had a bad attitude. 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. It's mine. Latif Nasser: Yeah, you can watch the YouTube videos from that period, and it's like she's a different skater. Surya Bonaly: I don't know, I'm just not lucky. I have to keep going. Tracie Hunte: She would see all these famous skaters. TV Announcers: Oh my goodness! It was a totally different approach. It's probably my last competition, I don't want to just retire like that. Latif Nasser: And so by the age of ten, she decides she wants to spend her life figure skating. Lost in the Desert 34m Her performances - punctuated by triple-triple jumps and other power moves - thrilled audiences around the world. Tracie Hunte: She's on pain killers. Latif Nasser: I'm really curious about what happened at the medal ceremony in 1994. Elvis Stojko: Surya would go from one end to the other-, Didier Gailhagu: Would speed across the ice-, Tracie Hunte: Flying across the rink-, Didier Gailhagu: With powerful stroking-. She was athletic. Tracie Hunte: That's Sandra Bezic. Tracie Hunte: S-U-R-Y-A. 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. TV Announcers: And she finishes her program with her back to the judges. In the 1990s, Surya Bonaly was the rising star of figure skating. Je suis bien plac en ce moment. She had it all. 4.8, 5.2. But Surya didnt accept that criticism. TV Announcers: And here's the tiny 15 year old French girl who's captured everyone's imagination here. This is Sandra Bezic. That's wnyc.org/participate, and that link is also in the show notes for this episode. Jad Abumrad: She swings one leg over-. And I think there were a lot of people in skating that didn't want it. And the crowd loved it. Tonya Harding: The strength, and the power-. You cantake the survey we mentioned at the beginning of this episode here:https://www.research.net/r/wnyclistenerThank you! 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-. 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. Log in or sign up for Facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. It's a three-month show I'm proud to star in even though I'm getting old. Surya Bonaly: Unfortunately, they chose her. What has happened since this story ended? ! TV Announcers: Triple toe loop. Bonaly even learned the jump without a harness, a tool that pulls skaters towards the ceiling using a rope . How many triple triple you want me? And Surya was daring. She wins 8 out of 9 technical merits. Latif Nasser: The margin was so close. Seriously. Marie Bashkirtseff, a souvent rsid Nice. [ 1] ', raconte lathlte. Dominarik kolkoratu ez arren, ospe handia lortu zuen 1998koetan, backflip izeneko jauzia egin baitzuen, hanka bakarraren gainean lurreratuz. She just stood right next to the podium. The skater broke the rules and made Olympics history with her backflip. Elvis Stojko: I came down right on my face. Stone Cold 37m An unbelievable loss in the 1985 Canadian championship leads curling legend Pat Ryan to perfect a dominant strategy that changes the sport forever. Tracie Hunte: So it's a jump forward, but rewind, we're in Nagano, Japan, 1998 Winter Olympics. Elvis Stojko: With powerful spin. "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. ", 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. Latif Nasser: Elvis Stojko, too. How will I say? Latif Nasser: Oh, that's called the Bonaly? 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. Latif Nasser: The figure skating official who was giving out the medals, he gives Yuka the gold, puts it around her neck, but then when he turns to Surya, he just sort of stands there, looks at her. TV Interviewers: Do you feel you were robbed tonight? Backflips were, and still are, illegal in. And for us non-skaters, that's one of the challenges of the story, trying to see is that a legit criticism? When Surya Bonaly started her ice skating career in the early 1990s, she was the only skater of color at many events in Europe. Jad Abumrad: So she gave you the thumbs up that we got it right. You can tell she's favoring one leg, but she manages to land a few jumps, then she falls. 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. This article is more than 3 years old. Surya Bonaly: Like Holiday on Ice. Closing Credits: End of message. Robert Krulwich: I mean all these other girls have worked just as hard as she has, one presumes. Latif Nasser: The thing that becomes really apparent is that she is different! Surya Bonaly remained involved in skating. "But it is what it is. Surya Bonaly: Yeah, totally. Latif Nasser: She didn't come out. Tracie Hunte: That she never cut her hair. Latif Nasser: Now, Tonya Harding, she said that she had this issue. Robert Krulwich: What do you do? She's the kind of skater that puts a smile on your face. Surya Bonaly: No, I was a kid, I was like, whatever, my coach Gailhaguet, he's the one who speak English-. So, how did you first get into skating? Marie-Renie Le: Jamie York is our Senior Producer. Tracie Hunte: And then she got to this point where she just knew she couldn't do it. Tracie Hunte: She gets back up, keeps going through her routine. TV Announcers: Yuka's one of my favorite skaters, but she doesn't have the combination jump like Bonaly did, so she's going to need all her jumps. A friend of mine told me once that racism can make black people crazy, which is a very broad way of looking at it, in the sense that you almost never know why people are reacting to you the way that they do. Surya Bonaly: It was my dream to, you know, to do it and I know I can. And look, I've never been a huge fan of figure skating, but this story, I think, asks a really interesting question. All Rights Reserved. Surya Bonaly: And usually you skate, you perform, you smile in front of the camera, boom, they give you the marks. Tracie Hunte: And she hits her first jump, crowd loves it. "I never really quit skating. 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