Cest chiant. Tracie Hunte: The whole crowd is booing. 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. Latif Nasser: What about it felt unfair? Tracie Hunte: Outside of competition she would do these ice shows and exhibitions, and that's when you would see what she can really do. TV Announcers: Now Yuka Sato, the 21 year old from Tokyo-. She told the Olympic Channel podcast, "If I would have been white, maybe I would have my title long ago but who knows? Latif Nasser: So that's exactly the problem. Bonaly was born on December 15, 1973 in Nice, France to an Ivorian father and a mother from Runion, Madagascar. 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. But, In Surya's case. 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. Latif Nasser: She takes the medal off of her head-. Laudace de Bonaly ne sest pas limite dfier les normes ; cela stendait aussi les pousser leurs limites. What was the problem? I'm still performing all over the world," she told The Root in 2014. 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. You're like recalculating. Tonya Harding: She was just so exciting, and there was just no boundaries for her. } 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. These are all just words to me. Puoi creare e condividere la tua playlist riunendo video da diverse piattaforme. "I've been in Las Vegas since end of 1999," she told CY Interview in 2020. She continues to do ice shows occasionally, but right now I think the main thing that she's doing, she's coaching. 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. Latif Nasser: Yeah, just for daring. Fortunately I was good at it. TV Announcers: Oh, what's going on inside that young woman? Latif Nasser: They called out Surya. It's a sound that we all love. Her performances - punctuated by triple-triple jumps and other power moves - thrilled audiences around the world. TV Announcers: Boy, this is going to be close. Mais cet exploit a maintenant t clips par le fait quelle a t teste positive pour une drogue interdite en dcembre, et elle est entoure de doutes quant aux tactiques utilises par certains entraneurs de patinage artistique dont les concurrents sont capables deffectuer des sauts aussi difficiles sur la glace. When the French international figure skater stepped onto the ice in the 1990s, the skating field was overwhelmingly white. Marie-Renie Le: Marie-Reine Le Gougne speaking. Tracie Hunte: She was kind of hard on Surya. Tracie Hunte: I don't know how else to-. 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. In the 1990s, Surya Bonaly was the rising star of figure skating. Tonya Harding: The very first time that I ever saw her do a back flip, I mean, my mouth just dropped open. An exceptional track record. Latif Nasser: Out of the picture. Latif Nasser: Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis Stojko is in the building. Surya Bonaly: I prefer to hit a triple triple jump, then [inaudible 00:10:14]. 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. Surya Bonaly: Those famous skater, like Katarina Witt-, TV Announcers: The ravishing Katarina Witt-. 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 . Everything is about edges and leaning into those edges and leaning into the turns, and carving massive circles on the ice. We adhere to structured guidelines for sourcing information and linking to other resources, including TV Announcers: Oh my goodness! Elvis Stojko: She wouldn't stand on it. It's like a computer, if I would have missed something, a jump, I say, "Okay, here, I can fit a triple here, obviously I can do a combo triple triple. Tracie Hunte: That's Sandra Bezic. All the cameras crowding around and-. TV Announcers: Notice her hair-. Surya Bonaly: Pretty good, thanks. 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. Sandra Bezic: I've bene involved in the skating world my whole life as a competitor, as an olympian, a commentator. Surya Bonaly: It happened all the time. "A stunning back flip," Newsday wrote, 20 years ago this week. That guy just came in, he said hi to everybody in the room but he didn't say it to me. Do a back flip. Tracie Hunte: And she hits her first jump, crowd loves it. 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. Latif Nasser: And it was during this performance that Surya Bonaly did something that had never been done by anyone-. Tracie Hunte: And actually as a commentator-. At UPHF, students also benefit from green campuses, equipped with numerous sports facilities . Linsigne de Chevalier de lordre de la Lgion dhonneur, dcern lancien athlte franais deux jours plus tard, tait un cadeau inestimable du peuple franais. What happens? Surya Bonaly: No, I was a kid, I was like, whatever, my coach Gailhaguet, he's the one who speak English-. Tracie Hunte: And then she lands on one foot. Latif Nasser: So jumping forward to the final day of the Championship, Surya is in second place. Latif Nasser: Warming up on the ice, you have this woman, this figure skater, Surya Bonaly. And on Surya's artistic marks, she would get scores like-. Ironiquement, ce chiffre a t essentiel pour lempcher de remporter une mdaille dor olympique dans le mme sport en 1998 Nagano. Skater Eric Heiden Won 5 Gold Medals, Then Became a Doctor. TV Announcers: When you can see disparity from the judges, a 5.7-. Johnette Howard: Senior writer for espn.com. Little Girl: Look, there's Sonja Henie! Yet, commentators claimed she couldnt skate, and judges never gave her the high marks she felt she deserved. Latif Nasser: Okay, okay. TV Announcers: International Skating Union President Olaf Poulsen-. 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. TV Announcers: Tears begin to flow. Her name was given by her adopted parents Surya Varuna Claudine Bonaly. Latif Nasser: She said that she backed Surya. Tracie Hunte: Yeah at the various European Championships, Skate America. Marie Bashkirtseff, a souvent rsid Nice. Surya Bonaly: I thought it was like, amazing. Surya Varuna Claudine Bonalyov (nepech. Latif Nasser: Yeah, you get your low fives, which sounds like it's a good mark, but that's not a good mark. The tenaciousness of Surya Bonaly makes her more of a champion than all of her titles combined. TV Announcers: Upset, no doubt. Surya Varuna Claudine Bonaly (born 15 December 1973) is a French-born retired competitive figure skater.She is a three-time World silver medalist (1993-1995), a five-time European champion (1991-1995), the 1991 World Junior Champion, and a nine-time French national champion (1989-1997).. Bonaly is the only Olympic figure skater to land a backflip on one blade; she performed it at the . Tracie Hunte: They would just be flying through the air. Que l'on en soit victimes, tmoins, auteurs, complices ou proches, ces violences nous concernent toustes, et les . I had the courage to say because she was black. Tracie Hunte: That's Tonya Harding again. Jad Abumrad: This is Radiolab. Plus ils effectuent de rvolutions, plus le patineur gagne de points. Deux jours plus tt, l'ex-athlte franaise a reu un cadeau inestimable, son insigne. Surya Bonaly dazzled figure skating fans with her skill, but being black in a mostly white sport made it tough to be fairly judged on the world stage. If I don't, do you kill me? Matt Kielty: It's a back flip! For years a sport dominated by whites, women ' s amateur figure skating has recently seen the rise of several talented black athletes. Robert Krulwich: I'm Robert Kruller. a t victime de violences physiques et psychologiques de la part de sa propre mre, qui a t sa principale motivation. Surya Bonaly: And so people start to be kind of curious. Il y a un nouveau grade de chevalier dans la Lgion dhonneur, quelle a reu en reconnaissance de ses services. Robert Krulwich: I mean, the idea that she's some kind of black forest princess or something? That's why it's called the Bonaly. It's a glide. Tracie Hunte: Or, is this just a way of saying that she's black? Latif Nasser: This is Tonya Harding, and she and Surya were friends. Especially impressive is Janet Champion doing a string of 10 back handsprings . Jacques Barbri, crivain franais de science-fiction, n le 14 juillet 1954 Nice. And at the time, skating was sort of locked into this loud and fractious debate about "What do we want to be". "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. Sandra Bezic: And the other thing about skating that you don't necessarily get on camera is the sound of the edge. Those are as high as any we've seen. Surya Bonaly: Oh, the World Championships? Sources. And I'm like, "No, I'm already here, I don't want to just maybe retire. Tracie, we'll miss you. 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 ! She shakes her head. I'm the only one who did it. The retailer's cutting-edge new offering is angering some local residents. Latif Nasser: And to make matters worse, Surya at that moment was already recovering from a ruptured achilles tendon. What could happen if somebody with unrivaled athleticism and no aversion to risk was willing to go after it? Jad Abumrad: That is just creeped out, honestly that's just weird. This is Sandra Bezic. Danse avec les Stars . Is that what you're saying? Matt Kielty: After the ceremony? Latif Nasser: Making his return, Elvis Stojko. Tracie Hunte: And, at the Olympics, which were just a month before, the top three ladies-. I pulled a muscle. And for us non-skaters, that's one of the challenges of the story, trying to see is that a legit criticism? 10 minutes people thinking about "What should we do?" For the girl I was back then -- still trying to starve and destruct myself to fit in the status quo . It's a clean sound. Latif Nasser: She goes back out on the ice. 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. Sandra Bezic: I'd like to see her stop jumping for six months and learn to skate. 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. Latif Nasser: So she would go to these ice shows-. How many triple triple you want me? Tonya Harding: She had the stepping, the gliding, the running. Melissa O'donnell, Kelsey Padgett, Sandra Bezic: Arianne Wack, and Molly Webster, with help from Alexandra Lee Young, Tonya Harding: Tracie Hunt, Stephanie Tam, and Micah Loewinger. Read on to find out about her life today. TV Announcers: And here's the tiny 15 year old French girl who's captured everyone's imagination here. 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: But not any old back flip. 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. 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. She won a 1986 World Trampoline Championships silver medal for France in team tumbling at age 12. Didier Gailhagu: Yeah, she was still a young baby-. She had it all. Robert Krulwich: It's always close. TV Announcers: Surya Bonaly is a striking and exotic figure on the ice-, Johnette Howard: She just arrested your eyes when she skated. Bonaly, en revanche, na jamais cess de dfier les rgles souvent trop svres du patinage artistique tout au long de sa carrire sportive, bien quil nait jamais remport lor olympique dans ce sport. Test the outer edges of what you think you know, http://www.radiolab.org/story/here-are-skating-routines-we-cant-stop-watching/. Whipping around, Bonaly landed on one blade an Olympic first that no one has dared to match. You cantake the survey we mentioned at the beginning of this episode here:https://www.research.net/r/wnyclistenerThank you! Tracie Hunte: And she'd do jump after jump-. Didier Gailhagu: And what do you want to hear? Que faire quand tout le monde sait de quoi vous parlez ? Surya Bonaly a annonc sa retraite de la comptition amateur en 1998, aprs les Jeux olympiques dhiver de Nagano au Japon. Robert Krulwich: What do you do? Closing Credits: End of message. 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. Un acte de violence psychologique, mais aussi psychologique. You do your best, it's fine. Ils refltent galement un athltisme croissant dans le patinage artistique fminin, que Bonaly a tent de stimuler tout au long de sa comptition carrire. Judges prioritized what they saw as grace. Tracie Hunte: She gets back up, keeps going through her routine. French? She began working on a quad in practice in 1989 after winning the first of her nine consecutive national figure skating titles. Wait. Up-and-Down Fortunes on the Ice. Olympian Surya Bonaly may be best remembered for rattling the judges during her 1998 Nagano Olympics free program when shegasp!performed a backflip. Latif Nasser: And she goes over off to the side to a bench with her coach to await her results. Surya Bonaly ( Nice, 15 de dezembro de 1973) uma ex- patinadora artstica francesa, que competia no individual feminino . Surya Bonaly tait ravie de revenir Nice pour ses 46 ans (elle aura 46 ans le 15 dcembre 2019). Latif Nasser: Now, we should say that wasn't the sound of Surya skating, or any of those other people. Tracie Hunte: She would see all these famous skaters. Tracie Hunte: In 1992, at the age of 18-. She is probably going to win. The answer they giving to us was, "No, no she didn't.". There's such jumping ability. You were really terrific. Opening up with her triple lutz. ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb. She was good, you know. Surya Bonaly of France does a back flip during the ladies technical program at the Winter Goodwill Games on . Latif Nasser: But clearly there were some times where it got to her. Jad Abumrad: But I don't necessarily hear whatever it is that she is hearing and think, "Yes!". Tracie Hunte: I just felt empathy for her. Robert Krulwich: So I'm just curious. 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. She lives in Minnesota and she's coaching young skaters. Latif Nasser: Japan. Tracie Hunte: Well, after a couple years of getting these kinds of marks, she does some soul searching. So now, you get points for doing the kinds of power moves that she was doing way back when. Travaux TER en cours. Latif Nasser: Was this all going through your mind as you were skating? Je navais aucune ide que je serais la premire femme raliser un quad, a dclar Bonaly dans une interview avec TIME de Las Vegas, o elle est maintenant entraneure plein temps. Latif Nasser: So she ends up finishing 10th. And this is where things kind of get confusing. We're at the Olympics in Nagano. Tracie Hunte: And she decides to take the note. Absolutely. And she's trying to be more graceful, more beautiful, more elegant. TV Announcers: Off to the dressing room for the new champion. Les rgles du sport sont impntrables et peuvent parfois tre un peu injustes. Tracie Hunte: But when it came down to the artistic marks-. 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. If there's one thing Surya Bonaly is remembered for, it's her backflips. 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