Robert Krulwich: What do you do? She grew up in Nice. Every day, I tried to do the best that I could do. Don't steal my back flip. The claim reappeared in a post on Instagram on February 13, 2023. When you do the back flip, do your skates go up towards the ceiling and then come back down underneath you again? Didier Gailhagu: White. TV Announcers: There's the triple salchow. Surya Bonaly: I thought, it's still sport, sports mean challenge. Well, we had the World Championships in Japan. TV Announcers: There's a lot there to be fixed. TV Announcers: Sixteen year old Oksana Bayul. Tracie Hunte: She's got an Achilles tendon that's been stitched together. TV Interviewers: Are they unfair to you Surya? Tracie Hunte: Yeah at the various European Championships, Skate America. And look, I've never been a huge fan of figure skating, but this story, I think, asks a really interesting question. And-, TV Announcers: So we've seen the girl-. "Illegal but astounding . au 42 balais lorsquelle tait interviewe par le magazine. TV Announcers: Seven Olympic titles, seventeen World Championships. Robert Krulwich: So, she doesn't get high scores? How would you convince the many people listening to-, Robert Krulwich: Wouldn't it work-. "I never really quit skating. Tracie Hunte: And, at the Olympics, which were just a month before, the top three ladies-. We didn't have the same one. Tracie Hunte: More circly, yeah. Ice skating is largely about aesthetics. Latif Nasser: What does that sound like? And it was just so depressing, and it was not fair. Didier Gailhagu: Yeah, she was still a young baby-. And the doctors said, "Maybe we should withdraw." How are we going to introduce this? 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. Tracie Hunte: Yeah, you're absolutely right. 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. TV Announcers: Raw talent there. Tracie Hunte: Middle finger to the establishment, like this huge F U. Tracie Hunte: Just this beautiful moment of self-affirmation. But then there's also the gentle, almost soundless quality of, say a Yuka Sato or a Katia Gordeeva, where they're like a whisper across the ice, and yet they're flipping from one edge to another edge and forward to backward, and it's just this glide. Tracie Hunte: Yes! When you're black, you know. if( 'moc.enilnoefiltseb' !== location.hostname.split('').reverse().join('') ) { 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. "I've been doing shows with champion Evgeni Plushenko for years. Tracie Hunte: A lot of them were like, "Eh". And even if you spill, if you fail at those moves, you still get points. It's probably my last competition, I don't want to just retire like that. "But it is what it is. Rerouting, okay we have to go right now! What was the problem? But Surya didnt accept that criticism. Tonya Harding: I was like, "How did you do that?". Jad Abumrad: Were they professional skaters? Surya Bonaly: Yeah, totally. Latif Nasser: The sound I have in my head is like a hockey stop. Latif Nasser: What about it felt unfair? I swear, it's like an earthquake. Tracie Hunte: Well, she retired from figure skating after the 98 Olympics. Shows like Radiolab. I don't know why people keep saying that. Surya Bonaly (5139144733).jpg 735 922; 621 KB. 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. Will it be gold? 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. xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain;charset=UTF-8'); Bestlifeonline.com is part of the Meredith Health Group. Bravo !!! 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. More information about Sloane at www.sloane.org. Tracie Hunte: And when we asked her why, this is what she said. In the age of "ice princesses", Surya was an anomaly, and the figure skating world feared the kind of future she represented. 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. But when I asked Surya if that's what was happening, she said-. But that's probably not the sound you're [inaudible 00:17:50]-. And I was like "Surya, just get on the podium, take the medal". She is a notable French-American professional figure skater best known for her unique skating style and bold jumps. Surya Bonaly: It was my dream to, you know, to do it and I know I can. And say, "I'm not dumb, and I'm getting sick now, I'm sick of it. Surya Bonaly: Those famous skater, like Katarina Witt-, TV Announcers: The ravishing Katarina Witt-. Que faire quand tout le monde sait de quoi vous parlez ? Figure Skating. de patineurs. Latif Nasser: Eventually after about four and a half minutes, she finishes her skate-, TV Announcers: Surya Bonaly, to Vivaldi's Four Seasons. And Surya was daring. I haven't got a good word for it. Tracie Hunte: The whole crowd is booing. 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. EDINA, Minn. When Surya Bonaly started figure skating as a little girl, it was casual. Tracie Hunte: She's on pain killers. Olympian Surya Bonaly may be best remembered for rattling the judges during her 1998 Nagano Olympics free program when shegasp!performed a backflip. So if you have a second, there is a survey at wnyc.org/participate. I can't imagine what it must be like, well I can imagine what it must be like. A Natural in the Gym and on the Ice. Recherchez toute l'info travaux et les horaires modifis qui impactent votre ligne en tlchargeant votre fiche horaires. Latif Nasser: Basically, her skating style was the exact opposite end of the spectrum from Surya's. Latif Nasser: They called out Surya. Jad Abumrad: Special thanks to Vanessa Riley, Moira North, skaters Elisa Angeli, and Christian Erwin from The Ice Theater of New York, and to Ed Haber for recording it all, and a very heartfelt thanks to Marilyn Wiggins. TV Announcers: Oh my goodness! 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 . TV Announcers: The judges don't. That's wnyc.org/participate, and that link is also in the show notes for this episode. Johnette Howard: Yeah, I think there's several things. When I saw the show, I love the bling bling. She'll be back, and so will we for the medal ceremony. Tracie Hunte: And she hits her first jump, crowd loves it. 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. ", Bonaly told The Root that she thinks one of the reasons there haven't been a lot of Black skaters is because they think "skating [and other winter sports] are just for whites." TV Announcers: And the crowd here appreciate it. TV Announcers: Surya Bonaly is a striking and exotic figure on the ice-, Johnette Howard: She just arrested your eyes when she skated. RELATED: To see more famous athletes of the past now, sign up for our daily newsletter. Matt Kielty: Did she skate in a lot of other competitions after 95? And anyway, you chose somebody else. Bonaly was born on December 15, 1973 in Nice, France to an Ivorian father and a mother from Runion, Madagascar. Laudace de Bonaly ne sest pas limite dfier les normes ; cela stendait aussi les pousser leurs limites. She actually travels to California and worked with Frank Carroll, who's this legendary American coach. She continues to do ice shows occasionally, but right now I think the main thing that she's doing, she's coaching. Black?". ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb. 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. Tracie Hunte: That's Tonya Harding again. Latif Nasser: I guess it depends on how you define first. Elvis Stojko: To her skating. She was athletic. TV Announcers: Oh, this is a first for me, that's for sure. These are all just words to me. 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. You were really terrific. Jad Abumrad: What did she say there? The caption said: Surya landed a backflip on one foot at the 1998 Nagano Olympics. Sandra Bezic: It's a beautiful sound. Robert Krulwich: Don't you think that that's a little unsportsmanlike? Latif Nasser: Yeah, these are legit skaters. Robert Krulwich: Wait a minute. Between my legs and my achilles, I was a disaster. Latif Nasser: Wow. She began working on a quad in practice in 1989 after winning the first of her nine consecutive national figure skating titles. Latif Nasser: She said, "Never mind, that's life, I'm used to it.". 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. I don't know if there was racism. Tracie Hunte: And she'd do jump after jump-. Tracie Hunte: Immediately starts with this double axel. Devenue la premire femme russir un quadruple saut aux Jeux olympiques, qui ont eu lieu pendant la comptition par quipe. Exclusif - Surya Bonaly et son fianc Pete Biver lors de la remise de ses Insignes de Chevalier dans l'Ordre de la Lgion d'Honneur par le maire de Nice, Christian Estrosi, dans les salons du. Latif Nasser: Had anyone ever done this back flip onto one blade before? Jad Abumrad: The piece was produced by Matt Kielty. Louis Aragon, pote et crivain, a vcu Nice de 1941 1942 avec sa femme Elsa Triolet. Mostly it was not fair. Tracie Hunte: That's Johnette Howard-. All Rights Reserved. Robert Krulwich: Are they still illegal? Surya Bonaly: No. 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 . It's super slushy. Depending upon the beholder, Surya Bonaly is the most gifted and athletic figure skater in the world today, or she is a unique but squandered talent whose career seems destined to stall at. Robert Krulwich: I'm Robert Kruller. Oh, and she takes off the medal. In addition to Best Life, she has written for Refinery29, Bustle, Hello Giggles, InStyle, and more. Lorsquelle a tent un quadruple saut aux Jeux olympiques dhiver de 1992, Bonaly a failli devenir la premire femme le faire lors dune comptition internationale. Tracie Hunte: And then she lands on one foot. TV Interviewers: Are the judges unfair to you? Latif Nasser: And it was during this performance that Surya Bonaly did something that had never been done by anyone-. Test the outer edges of what you think you know, http://www.radiolab.org/story/here-are-skating-routines-we-cant-stop-watching/. Because there are no scratches. } else { Selon lUnion internationale de patinage, les backflips taient et continuent dtre interdits en patinage de comptition (ISU). Tracie Hunte: What happens next is one of these moments that really defines Surya's story for a lot of people. It's my last competition.". TV Announcers: Surya has not cut her hair since her birth. TV Announcers: And it's second place for Surya. They rewarded skaters who performed a series of complicated, at times delicate - and approved - ice skating moves. February 25, 2023 Surya bonaly enceinte 2020; Lors de sa performance libre aux Jeux olympiques de Nagano en 1998, l'olympienne 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 l'poque. Surya Bonaly: Sonja Henie. Tonya Harding: I went through it, I know all about it. If I don't, do you kill me? } ); TV Announcers: Oh, what's going on inside that young woman? 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. Tracie Hunte: Exactly, yes. French? 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. How do you get noticed [inaudible 00:38:34] competition? 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 . "I've been in Las Vegas since end of 1999," she told CY Interview in 2020. Jad Abumrad: Thanks for listening. Latif Nasser: She takes the medal off of her head-. 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