She shakes her head. Latif Nasser: And you could either of see it as a kind of-. [crosstalk 00:08:04] I'm just saying that we making up stories because you want to hear them. Latif Nasser: She would do all kinds of other jumps that weren't even allowed in competition. TV Announcers: Surya Bonaly is a striking and exotic figure on the ice-, Johnette Howard: She just arrested your eyes when she skated. 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: Basically, her skating style was the exact opposite end of the spectrum from Surya's. So we all had to like, pay attention. And, you know, I spent lots of hours there, just waiting for my mom. Sandra Bezic: I've bene involved in the skating world my whole life as a competitor, as an olympian, a commentator. Marie-Renie Le: And we had to choose only two girls. Latif Nasser: They would say things like, oh-. TV Announcers: The judges don't. 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. She was black. Sandra Bezic: Soren Wheeler is Senior Editor. 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: They were also-. Latif Nasser: After she gets her scores. RELATED: To see more famous athletes of the past now, sign up for our daily newsletter. Tracie Hunte: Yeah, she was just absolutely fearless. Matt Kielty: Did she skate in a lot of other competitions after 95? Sandra Bezic: Thank you for listening. It was not perfect because nobody is perfect, but pretty good competition overall. She was adopted by white parents when she was only 18 months old and began skating at the young age of 11. Tracie Hunte: She would see all these famous skaters. They've been forced to shutter over safety hazards. Latif Nasser: She goes back out on the ice. Media in category "Surya Bonaly" The following 16 files are in this category, out of 16 total. 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. Christian Estrosi, le maire de Nice, est celui qui la oubli. TV Announcers: Flowers for Katarina! Surya Bonaly: Yeah, it's mine. Surya Bonaly a avou Ouest-France en 2015 quelle se sentait vraiment dpasse par la douleur. Latif Nasser: And she would attack everything. Tracie Hunte: All those words used to criticize her skating-. Jad Abumrad: So they didn't change their mind about the back flip in the end. TV Announcers: Bonaly has chosen not to stand on the podium. The claim that Surya Bonaly, a French figure skater who rose to prominence in the early-mid 90s, was the reason the backflip was banned from figure skating is false. 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. Sandra Bezic: No. Tracie Hunte: I just felt empathy for her. La mre envahissante de Surya Bonaly La mre envahissante de Surya Bonaly Quand les proches des sportifs sment la zizanie Suzanne, la mre adoptive de Surya Bonaly, tait rpute trs. Les rgles du sport sont impntrables et peuvent parfois tre un peu injustes. TV Announcers: This girl is very different. Up-and-Down Fortunes on the Ice. And after that, you kind of see a difference. 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. Tracie Hunte: And then she lands on one foot. Elvis Stojko: With powerful spin. It's a clean sound. 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. The sport's balletic arm . And he told me he planted these stories! Jad Abumrad: stay listening? 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. Tracie Hunte: Pretty soon she had a coach. She won a 1986 World Trampoline Championships silver medal for France in team tumbling at age 12. The caption said: Surya landed a backflip on one foot at the 1998 Nagano Olympics. Surya Bonaly: Never mind, that's life, I'm used to it. What was the problem? Linsigne de Chevalier de lordre de la Lgion dhonneur, dcern lancien athlte franais deux jours plus tard, tait un cadeau inestimable du peuple franais. There are different sounds. 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. TV Interviewers: Did you deserve the gold medal Surya? She was athletic. I couldn't do anything. That she had a bad attitude. Surya Bonaly: Well, I did start skating because of my mom, actually. Surya Bonaly: Unfortunately, they chose her. And that she was defiant. French? Tracie Hunte: Yeah at the various European Championships, Skate America. They didn't know what to do with me. TV Announcers: They stand as one here at Makuhari Event Center for the local favorite Yuka Sato. 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. Tracie Hunte: I did talk to the guy who was coaching her at the time, this guy named Didier Gailhaguet. The question is, "How will they see her artistic effort?". How are we going to introduce this? Here we go.". Surya Bonaly: Yes, yes, yeah. Latif Nasser: No, no, no. Particularly injury problems. Latif Nasser: I guess it depends on how you define first. TV Announcers: There's the triple salchow. And then there were these fanciful stories that sprung up about where she came from-, TV Announcers: We are now taking you about as far away from the skating world as possible-. Frustrated at every turn, she faced disappointment after disappointment until at last, with the whole world . Sandra Bezic: And on behalf of everyone at Radiolab-. Latif Nasser: Because it's a great story! Louis Aragon, pote et crivain, a vcu Nice de 1941 1942 avec sa femme Elsa Triolet. TV Announcers: Absolutely. And she's trying to be more graceful, more beautiful, more elegant. Surya Bonaly remained involved in skating. She grew up in Nice. Latif Nasser: And she goes over off to the side to a bench with her coach to await her results. Elvis Stojko: Explosive. Latif Nasser: The margin was so close. 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. 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. If there's one thing Surya Bonaly is remembered for, it's her backflips. Did you feel that any of the difficulty was because you're black? Ever. It came down to a choice between Yuka Sato's artistry and dynamic footwork and Surya Bonaly's gymnastic jumping, and the judges gave the women's world figure skating championship to Sato Saturday . Latif Nasser: Yeah, just for daring. Surya Varuna Claudine Bonalyov (nepech. Studying at the Universit Polytechnique Hauts-de-France. How will I say? And then, after about a minute. Tonya Harding: The very first time that I ever saw her do a back flip, I mean, my mouth just dropped open. All Rights Reserved. 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. Robert Krulwich: I'm Robert Krulwich. TV Announcers: I think this is a form of protest. Jad Abumrad: I'm Jab Abu mrad. "I mean, even many years after I'm like, 'Did I really finish fourth [at the Olympics]?" 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. Tracie Hunte: Well, after a couple years of getting these kinds of marks, she does some soul searching. We just need time and you know, power from some people.". What could happen if somebody with unrivaled athleticism and no aversion to risk was willing to go after it? Latif Nasser: Yeah, you can watch the YouTube videos from that period, and it's like she's a different skater. Selon lUnion internationale de patinage, les backflips taient et continuent dtre interdits en patinage de comptition (ISU). Sandra Bezic: Everything about skating is built on circles. Surya Bonaly: I thought, it's still sport, sports mean challenge. Tonya Harding: Hi Latin. Latif Nasser: I think she did. TV Announcers: Notice her hair-. Tracie Hunte: Johnette Howard, that ESPN writer-, Tracie Hunte: She says that the first thing you've got to know, and this will take a quick little dive into the weirdo world of figure skating-. "You always need someone to be the first to do something. She would be scratchy. How would you convince the many people listening to-, Robert Krulwich: Wouldn't it work-. ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb. The radius could be huge, but it's still a circle. It'd really help us out if you answered a couple questions. 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. she told the Olympic Channel podcast in 2020. Rerouting, okay we have to go right now! Oh, and she takes off the medal. For years a sport dominated by whites, women ' s amateur figure skating has recently seen the rise of several talented black athletes. I was like, "Oh, okay. Latif Nasser: Yeah, these are legit skaters. Tracie Hunte: But when it came down to the artistic marks-. Surya Bonaly: No. Surya Bonaly was born December 15, 1973 in Nice, France. Everything is about edges and leaning into those edges and leaning into the turns, and carving massive circles on the ice. Latif Nasser: You're like the GPS lady. "A stunning back flip," Newsday wrote, 20 years ago this week. Tonya Harding: She had the stepping, the gliding, the running. Seriously. So if you have a second, there is a survey at wnyc.org/participate. 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 don't know why people keep saying that. I still follow my passion!". Jad Abumrad: She swings one leg over-. We didn't have the same one. First Olympic Games Albertville 1992. Robert Krulwich: I mean, the idea that she's some kind of black forest princess or something? It was so close. It's shady as (beep). Tracie Hunte: So, Surya was actually adopted as a baby by this white couple in the south of France. Surya Bonaly Wiki, Age, Biography. As a former champion. Surya Bonaly: My mom was a sport coach and she was about to be like a volunteer for a gymnastic club and skating club. Tracie Hunte: Yes! Robert Krulwich: Don't you think that that's a little unsportsmanlike? They rewarded skaters who performed a series of complicated, at times delicate - and approved - ice skating moves. Surya Bonaly: I don't know, I'm just not lucky. Bonaly's outspoken style sets her apart among mild-mannered Minnesotans, Biver noted. So, how did you first get into skating? Latif Nasser: How are you doing? Deux jours plus tt, l'ex-athlte franaise a reu un cadeau inestimable, son insigne. You're listen-, Introduction: You're listen-, Jad Abumrad: Okay, so then if What? Latif Nasser: Just to set this up, the World Championships are the second most important event in figure skating after the Olympics. Tracie Hunte: And she hits her first jump, crowd loves it. Plus ils effectuent de rvolutions, plus le patineur gagne de points. Tracie Hunte: You get points for trying. 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: Out of the picture. TV Announcers: And now the silver medalist. Latif Nasser: She takes the medal off of her head-. TV Announcers: And the crowd here appreciate it. if( navigator.sendBeacon ) { It's probably my last competition, I don't want to just retire like that. As Surya blows up, and all these people who never liked figure skating fall in love with her, over and over-. Tracie Hunte: For various reasons. No? Latif Nasser: They called out Surya. Our content is fact checked by our senior editorial staff to reflect accuracy and ensure our readers get It must be a very confusing situation to be in. Surya Bonaly: Especially for ladies, they like to keep the girls pretty. Every day, I tried to do the best that I could do. } else { 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. Tracie Hunte: No back flips. It was a huge deal. Gosh, I wish I had a good word to describe it. Radiolab is produced by Jab Abumrad. 2012 WFSC 03d 890 Anisina Bonali.JPG 1,069 710; 212 KB. Recherchez toute l'info travaux et les horaires modifis qui impactent votre ligne en tlchargeant votre fiche horaires. Didier Gailhagu: We used the press very well. But on that scale, to be the only one. Surya Bonaly: It's [inaudible 00:29:43]. Marie-Renie Le: Oh, yes. Latif Nasser: Now, we should say that wasn't the sound of Surya skating, or any of those other people. I keep my eyes open. I pulled a muscle. TV Announcers: And is now getting ready to skate for her country. Tracie Hunte: Middle finger to the establishment, like this huge F U. Tracie Hunte: Just this beautiful moment of self-affirmation. And look, I've never been a huge fan of figure skating, but this story, I think, asks a really interesting question. TV Announcers: An unlikely place to find a world-class figure skater. Olympian Surya Bonaly may be best remembered for rattling the judges during her 1998 Nagano Olympics free program when shegasp!performed a backflip. Just hold, hold, at this point, just hold. "A stunning backflip," Newsday wrote, 20 years ago this week. Latif Nasser: And so by the age of ten, she decides she wants to spend her life figure skating. And one day I find out that I had, you know, some skating boots who fit me and-. Latif Nasser: So she gets up, does her final skate in front of the home crowd. Jad Abumrad: Before we get started, wondering if we could ask your help on a little something. Surya Bonaly: Well, you know. 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. Surya Bonaly: I knew it was my last Olympics, last major big competition. TV Announcers: That's very incredible. Tracie Hunte: So Yuka gets off the ice, she goes to wait for her marks. 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 . An exceptional track record. Surya Bonaly: And usually you skate, you perform, you smile in front of the camera, boom, they give you the marks. Latif Nasser: The thing that becomes really apparent is that she is different! Latif Nasser: When she gets her marks, she jumps into first place, and there's only one skater left. Tracie Hunte: And eventually, what she says is-. Little Girl: Look, there's Sonja Henie! Jad Abumrad: How did Surya feel about all this? See Him at 63. 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. Figure Skating. At UPHF, students also benefit from green campuses, equipped with numerous sports facilities . TV Announcers: Oh my goodness! Tracie Hunte: That's Johnette Howard-. The French figure skater was able to perform backflips on ice, and in 1998, she became the only person to land a. Latif Nasser: What does that sound like? Si Surya Bonaly a poursuivi une seconde carrire aux tats-Unis, conforte par sa naturalisation amricaine en 2004 et ses fianailles avec le patineur Pete Biver en septembre 2016, elle reste une habitue de la France. The skater broke the rules and made Olympics history with her backflip. 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. Latif Nasser: Starts her program-. Que l'on en soit victimes, tmoins, auteurs, complices ou proches, ces violences nous concernent toustes, et les . Tracie Hunte: Not immediately. Mais ce nest pas fait, et je nentrerai pas dans les codes. 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. Sandra Bezic: We all know Yuka's skating. It's a skater who usually finishes below Surya in competitions. TV Announcers: That really was a corker. This article is more than 3 years old. TV Announcers: I really hope she doesn't go through with this. Tracie Hunte: Anyone. There are rules, whereas there aren't these rules when it comes to beauty. Marie-Renie Le: And the majority of the people didn't want a black skater as-. Marie Bashkirtseff, a souvent rsid Nice. "I've been doing shows with champion Evgeni Plushenko for years. But it was figure skating that had her heart. And on Surya's artistic marks, she would get scores like-. "Sans lui, sans elle " ralis par Claude Couderc - Dargoole cerca e cataloga i video presenti sui pi famosi portali di video sharing del Web. You're like recalculating. That guy just came in, he said hi to everybody in the room but he didn't say it to me. Bye bye. Latif Nasser: Elvis Stojko, too. It was very subtle. Latif Nasser: She pulled a muscle. TV Announcers: There's a lot there to be fixed. Bost aldiz izan zen Europako txapelduna , eta hiru aldiz irabazi zuen zilarrezko domina Munduko txapelketan . Surya Bonaly: And I couldn't lift. Elvis Stojko: Like oh my go, holy (bleep), she's actually doing this? 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. V roce 1998 na zimnch olympijskch hrch v Naganu pedvedla jako jedin olympionika v historii salto vzad na jedn noze. Bonaly became an American citizen in 2004 and lives in Las Vegas. And it was just so depressing, and it was not fair. Tonya Harding: Dylan Keefe is our Director of Sound Design. Jad Abumrad: That is just creeped out, honestly that's just weird. And-. Tracie Hunte: More circly, yeah. TV Announcers: Style and grace. Surya Bonaly: I prefer to hit a triple triple jump, then [inaudible 00:10:14].
