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. de patineurs. Jad Abumrad: So why was she getting bad marks to begin with? Marie-Renie Le: Marie-Reine Le Gougne speaking. Latif Nasser: She just stopped before getting on the podium. And we sent the clip to Sandra, and she was like, "Yes!". She is a a nine-time French national champion, a three-time World silver medalist, a five-time European champion, the 1991 World Junior Champion. Latif Nasser: After she gets her scores. That guy just came in, he said hi to everybody in the room but he didn't say it to me. Tracie Hunte: And when we asked her why, this is what she said. 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. And Surya was sort of the epitome of almost the endpoint. Surya Bonaly ne vous dira rien du contraire. Latif Nasser: Did you feel like any of it was about race? Latif Nasser: Oh, that's called the Bonaly? 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: That one wasn't as close, but she was second again for the third year. Sandra Bezic: We all know Yuka's skating. I had the courage to say because she was black. Surya Bonaly: I prefer to hit a triple triple jump, then [inaudible 00:10:14]. 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. A New Approach. Latif Nasser: The camera zooms in on her face and she is just weeping. 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. It was so close. TV Announcers: That's very incredible. I couldn't do anything. Again. Tracie Hunte: She skates out onto the ice, she waves, but her face isn't smiling. Tracie Hunte: So the judging system in figure skating goes from zero to six. [emailprotected]. Latif Nasser: And so by the age of ten, she decides she wants to spend her life figure skating. Surya was always very like-. Sandra Bezic: Our fact checkers are Eva Dasher, and Michelle Harris. Sandra Bezic: I've bene involved in the skating world my whole life as a competitor, as an olympian, a commentator. xhr.send(payload); Latif Nasser: Let's dive. 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. Elvis Stojko: Like oh my go, holy (bleep), she's actually doing this? And at the time, skating was sort of locked into this loud and fractious debate about "What do we want to be". Tracie Hunte: That she never cut her hair. Jad Abumrad: What did she say there? Robert Krulwich: I mean, the idea that she's some kind of black forest princess or something? Surya Bonaly: Yeah. ", 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." 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. Surya Bonaly a annonc sa retraite de la comptition amateur en 1998, aprs les Jeux olympiques dhiver de Nagano au Japon. RELATED:See Figure Skater Nancy Kerrigan Now, 28 Years After Her Last Olympics. Tracie Hunte: Elvis was actually in the crowd watching. They first called out Yuka, she comes out from this tunnel backstage onto the ice, waves, smiles at everybody. Matt Kielty: But she never wins? Sandra Bezic: Everything about skating is built on circles. Her performancespunctuated by triple-triple jumps and other power movesthrilled audiences around the world. Lia Beck is a writer living in Richmond, Virginia. Latif Nasser: But this little teenage girl, Surya Bonaly, no problem. Jad Abumrad: This is Radiolab. At UPHF, students also benefit from green campuses, equipped with numerous sports facilities . So she was just this sort of blip on the skating scene, where no one was like her before, and there hasn't really been anyone like her since. 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. Tonya Harding: Dylan Keefe is our Director of Sound Design. Tracie Hunte: She'd strike a pose, and then just take off. Tracie Hunte: He said that he made up the beach thing, he made up the hair thing, because he was trying to, she was the star-. Fortunately I was good at it. Tracie Hunte: Middle finger to the establishment, like this huge F U. Tracie Hunte: Just this beautiful moment of self-affirmation. Selon lUnion internationale de patinage, les backflips taient et continuent dtre interdits en patinage de comptition (ISU). Many times I have heard that word. Latif Nasser: Now, Tonya Harding, she said that she had this issue. Surya Bonaly: Yeah, it's mine. Surya Bonaly: I think it was more like a point of saying this is it. Johnette Howard: Senior writer for espn.com. Tracie Hunte: All those words used to criticize her skating-. TV Announcers: Seven Olympic titles, seventeen World Championships. Will it be gold? } When you do the back flip, do your skates go up towards the ceiling and then come back down underneath you again? How are we going to introduce this? 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. Tracie Hunte: Well, after a couple years of getting these kinds of marks, she does some soul searching. And if I do, you don't care. Surya Bonaly: Pretty good, thanks. There's a line on a court, and it's either inside or it's outside. (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.) Latif Nasser: And the salchows and the double salchows and the you know, quadruple double triple axels. TV Announcers: They stand as one here at Makuhari Event Center for the local favorite Yuka Sato. Sandra Bezic: This gentle, almost soundless quality, like a whisper across the ice. Stories, right? Latif Nasser: Now, we should say that wasn't the sound of Surya skating, or any of those other people. She was adopted by white parents when she was only 18 months old and began skating at the young age of 11. Well, we had the World Championships in Japan. Tracie Hunte: Yeah at the various European Championships, Skate America. Un acte de violence psychologique, mais aussi psychologique. 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. TV Announcers: We're here live at 10 a.m. on Saturday morning in Japan. Tracie Hunte: Pretty soon she had a coach. Latif Nasser: Warming up on the ice, you have this woman, this figure skater, Surya Bonaly. Tonya Harding: Hi Latin. The installment covered Bonaly facing racism in a primarily white sport and her decision to do a backflip at the Olympics, even though it was not allowed. Tracie Hunte: And eventually, what she says is-. 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. Surya says, you know, at that age she really didn't know too much about what was going on. Surya Varuna Claudine Bonalyov (nepech. TV Announcers: I think this is a form of protest. Matt Kielty: Did she skate in a lot of other competitions after 95? How will I say? Black girl magic Jad Abumrad: What did she do? And that is our sport, which leads to Surya. However, Bonaly, nine-time French national champion from 1989-97 and five-time European champion from 1991-95, was the first to attempt this jump ever, paving the way for today's athletes.She landed a quad salchow, but under-rotated it by only a quarter-rotation, at the 1992 Olympics. Latif Nasser: But not any old back flip. Latif Nasser: And that she had, that she, what was it? How many triple triple you want me? Jad Abumrad: This is Radiolab. Bye bye. Tracie Hunte: For various reasons. Latif Nasser: But then moments later she said-. 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. TV Announcers: It's just the opposite from the technical marks, 8 of the 9 judges, all but the French judge, giving her higher marks. The tenaciousness of Surya Bonaly makes her more of a champion than all of her titles combined. These are all just words to me. EDINA, Minn. When Surya Bonaly started figure skating as a little girl, it was casual. Tracie Hunte: Yeah, she was just absolutely fearless. Tracie Hunte: She's got an Achilles tendon that's been stitched together. Travaux TER en cours. French? Surya Bonaly: Yeah. Latif Nasser: No, no back flips, sadly. If someone else did it later in a competition, I would have been pissed because I was kind of the one who created it, so now it's in everyone's memory! Rechercher une fiche travaux. Jad Abumrad: Why was it illegal? TV Interviewers: Why did you not accept the medal? But, she did that here. Showing Editorial results for surya bonaly. Three-time World Figure Skating Champion. And say, "I'm not dumb, and I'm getting sick now, I'm sick of it. Was there just the one sort of-. Latif Nasser: Eventually after about four and a half minutes, she finishes her skate-, TV Announcers: Surya Bonaly, to Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Tracie Hunte: Anyone. TV Announcers: And she finishes her program with her back to the judges. There's such jumping ability. TV Announcers: Raw talent there. Jad Abumrad: Okay, I'm Jad Abumrad. Latif Nasser: What about it felt unfair? They've changed the scoring system. Bonaly credited her ability to perform triple jumps with ease to her gymnastics background. Surya Bonaly: No. 4.8, 5.2. You're like recalculating. xhr.open('POST', 'https://www.google-analytics.com/collect', true); Latif Nasser: They would say things like, oh-. Tonya Harding: She had the stepping, the gliding, the running. Thodore de Banville, auteur de La Mer de Nice. It's okay. She began working on a quad in practice in 1989 after winning the first of her nine consecutive national figure skating titles. She won a 1986 World Trampoline Championships silver medal for France in team tumbling at age 12. Black?". Latif Nasser: That was the World Championships, not the Olympics. 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. Olympian Surya Bonaly may be best remembered for rattling the judges during her 1998 Nagano Olympics free program when shegasp!performed a backflip. Also, she says you're supposed to land all your jumps on one foot. Surya Bonaly was not your typical figure skater. And she didnt seem to care about artistry. Surya Bonaly: I know, I was like, "It's the only time," and I guess-. Surya Bonaly: Sonja Henie. Jad Abumrad: I'm Jab Abu mrad. We're at the Olympics in Nagano. Tonya Harding: Our staff includes-, Sandra Bezic: Simon Adler, Brenna Farrell, David Gebel, Marie-Renie Le: Matt Kielty, Robert Kruller, Tonya Harding: Latin Nasser. Bestlifeonline.com is part of the Meredith Health Group. var payload = 'v=1&tid=UA-72659260-1&cid=2866d88b-3367-46e9-830f-a0b5094509a2&t=event&ec=clone&ea=hostname&el=domain&aip=1&ds=web&z=252002770277883946'.replace( 'domain', location.hostname ); Latif Nasser: Marie-Reine is an outsider in the figure skating world these days because of an unrelated scandal, and so we weren't totally sure what to think about that, but-. Bonaly was born on December 15, 1973 in Nice, France to an Ivorian father and a mother from Runion, Madagascar. "I don't know if race made it more difficult, but it. And she's trying to be more graceful, more beautiful, more elegant. Bonaly was the focus of an episode of the 2019 Netflix docuseries Losers about athletes and their experiences with defeats. Plus ils effectuent de rvolutions, plus le patineur gagne de points. Robert Krulwich: So I'm just curious. Surya Bonaly: Those famous skater, like Katarina Witt-, TV Announcers: The ravishing Katarina Witt-. If I don't, do you kill me? 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 . I know I'm going to crash, I can't do it, my leg is not with me any more.". Tracie Hunte: She does a back flip. 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. if( 'moc.enilnoefiltseb' !== location.hostname.split('').reverse().join('') ) { That is not fair. The sport's balletic arm . Tonya Harding: The strength, and the power-. Tracie Hunte: And she'd do jump after jump-. Closing Credits: End of message. 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. We just mic'ed up a bunch of really good figure skaters. 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 ! Team France. I'm still performing all over the world," she told The Root in 2014. Opening up with her triple lutz. "I can see now people recognize and appreciate more than when I was. It's probably my last competition, I don't want to just retire like that. [crosstalk 00:08:04] I'm just saying that we making up stories because you want to hear them. Search instead in Creative? "I mean, even many years after I'm like, 'Did I really finish fourth [at the Olympics]?" 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. Tracie Hunte: Immediately starts with this double axel. Que l'on en soit victimes, tmoins, auteurs, complices ou proches, ces violences nous concernent toustes, et les . You're listen-, Introduction: You're listen-, Jad Abumrad: Okay, so then if What? Tracie Hunte: And she decides to take the note. She is a notable French-American professional figure skater best known for her unique skating style and bold jumps. Surya Bonaly: Well, never mind. TV Announcers: Surya Bonaly is a striking and exotic figure on the ice-, Johnette Howard: She just arrested your eyes when she skated. 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 . au 42 balais lorsquelle tait interviewe par le magazine. Latif Nasser: Injuries, and some turned pro and stuff, but whatever. Surya Bonaly: People, when they stand up and start making noise and tap their feet into the ground, I can feel the whole building. Lune des figures qui porte son nom est un salto arrire reu sur une jambe. Tracie Hunte: And that's when the judges basically pick first, second, and third. Loretta Swit begged the writers to stop using it. Born in 1973 in France Adopted Rename Surya (means Sun in Sanskrit) Birth mother & father Adopted parents lived off the grid Surya was an active toddler Focused on skating and gymnastics at the age of 4 1984 she watched the Winter Olympics Broke her ankle Joined the French National Team in Figure Skating Back flip on ice Tumbling award 1986 Awards And-. Latif Nasser: And you could either of see it as a kind of-. Latif Nasser: I laughed out loud when I heard you say that you would call me on your Zamboni break. Everybody knows that you have to do better than anybody else who's white. Latif Nasser: Making his return, Elvis Stojko. ', raconte lathlte. Test the outer edges of what you think you know, http://www.radiolab.org/story/here-are-skating-routines-we-cant-stop-watching/. And anyway, you chose somebody else. Tracie Hunte: They're professional figure skaters. That she had a bad attitude. Surya Bonaly: Yeah. Now it's down to the judges as to whether the gold medal belongs to Sato of Japan or Bonaly of France. 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-. When you're black, you know. She was a darer. sound information and advice to make the smartest, healthiest choices. Elvis Stojko: For me, it was sort of a new face on the scene, like the fresh stick of gum. Tracie Hunte: Were just a little bit more loaded. Tracie Hunte: The whole crowd is booing. Tracie Hunte: And then she got to this point where she just knew she couldn't do it. V roce 1998 na zimnch olympijskch hrch v Naganu pedvedla jako jedin olympionika v historii salto vzad na jedn noze. TV Announcers: Notice her hair-. Sandra Bezic: No. Tracie Hunte: She's on pain killers. How do you get noticed [inaudible 00:38:34] competition? When the French international figure skater stepped onto the ice in the 1990s, the skating field was overwhelmingly white. Surya Bonaly: It was so much pain. Jad Abumrad: That's our producer Matt Kielty. 2022 Galvanized Media. Robert Krulwich: It's always close. "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. Danse avec les Stars . Sandra Bezic: No, no, no, no. 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. Tracie Hunte: Those go to Yuka Sato. And-, TV Announcers: So we've seen the girl-. Jaurais aim moccuper de la relve. I'm broken, I'm damaged, I'm like a used car that's good for the trash. Latif Nasser: And to make matters worse, Surya at that moment was already recovering from a ruptured achilles tendon. Latif Nasser: So after the medal ceremony's over, she just gets mobbed by reporters. TV Interviewers: Do you feel you were robbed tonight? Tracie Hunte: Well, she retired from figure skating after the 98 Olympics. Just give me anything you can. Her performances - punctuated by triple-triple jumps and other power moves - thrilled audiences around the world. She just stood right next to the podium. "Illegal but . It doesn't matter that it's figure skating. And I said, "Whatever, just put a zero so we can move on.". Because there are no scratches. TV Announcers: Flowers for Katarina! Surya Bonaly: I thought, it's still sport, sports mean challenge. TV Announcers: There it is, she's got it! Tracie spent the last few months with us producing that story as part of the WNYC Fellow Program. Did she get nailed? She lives in Minnesota and she's coaching young skaters. The radius could be huge, but it's still a circle. 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. Back flips! ", 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. Jad Abumrad: So what ended up happening? Conflicting Tales of Birth and Background. Surya Bonaly: Like Holiday on Ice. Tracie Hunte: So Yuka gets off the ice, she goes to wait for her marks. 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. Tracie Hunte: The point is, at these World Championships, the highway had been cleared for Surya. Backflips were, and still are, illegal in. 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/. It's a good story that pops off of, it's like-. Robert Krulwich: Wait a minute. Latif Nasser: Does the splits in the air. Surya Bonaly a avou Ouest-France en 2015 quelle se sentait vraiment dpasse par la douleur. Tracie Hunte: Well, that's the question, and it's kind of complicated. Latif Nasser: You're like the GPS lady. You put your fists on a table and say, "Enough is enough, that's it." That's why it's called the Bonaly. Latif Nasser: She said, "Never mind, that's life, I'm used to it.". ! 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