Tonya Harding: She had the stepping, the gliding, the running. ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb. sound information and advice to make the smartest, healthiest choices. When I saw the show, I love the bling bling. But it was figure skating that had her heart. Sa tentative a chou, mais elle a ressay aux Jeux olympiques dhiver de 1996 et a failli devenir la premire femme russir un quadruple saut lors dune comptition internationale. Latif Nasser: Okay, okay. Skater Eric Heiden Won 5 Gold Medals, Then Became a Doctor. Conflicting Tales of Birth and Background. Tracie Hunte: In 1989 when she appears at the World Championships-. Opening up with her triple lutz. She took birth at her parents' home in Nice, France. So we all had to like, pay attention. Year of Birth 1973. Surya Bonaly: Yeah, I finished ten. Sandra Bezic: No. Tracie Hunte: So Yuka gets off the ice, she goes to wait for her marks. It's like a really good story. Didier Gailhagu: We used the press very well. Many times I have heard that word. Jad Abumrad: How did Surya feel about all this? TV Announcers: That's very incredible. Latif Nasser: And, by the time 1994 rolls around, she is a favorite. Latif Nasser: And so by the age of ten, she decides she wants to spend her life figure skating. And I said, "Whatever, just put a zero so we can move on.". I have to keep going. Tracie Hunte: You get points for trying. Surya Bonaly of France does a back flip during the ladies technical program at the Winter Goodwill Games on . Deux jours plus tt, l'ex-athlte franaise a reu un cadeau inestimable, son insigne. 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. In the 1990s, Surya Bonaly was the rising star of figure skating. Latif Nasser: What was going on? Marie Bashkirtseff, a souvent rsid Nice. TV Announcers: And where is the European Champion? TV Announcers: And the crowd here appreciate it. Bravo !!! TV Announcers: Oh my goodness! Latif Nasser: She takes the medal off of her head-. Robert Krulwich: What about back flips? Latif Nasser: Things take a really strange turn. Mostly it was not fair. Sandra Bezic: Well, I think the idea that was held back in her marks for any other reason other than the quality of her skating I think is incorrect. 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 Three-time World Figure Skating Champion. Tracie Hunte: And actually as a commentator-. Jad Abumrad: What did she do? 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. Tracie Hunte: That she never cut her hair. Tonya Harding: Our staff includes-, Sandra Bezic: Simon Adler, Brenna Farrell, David Gebel, Marie-Renie Le: Matt Kielty, Robert Kruller, Tonya Harding: Latin Nasser. And still, what do you need more of me to do at this point? EDINA, Minn. When Surya Bonaly started figure skating as a little girl, it was casual. Surya Bonaly: It was my dream to, you know, to do it and I know I can. She won a 1986 World Trampoline Championships silver medal for France in team tumbling at age 12. Latif Nasser: And to make matters worse, Surya at that moment was already recovering from a ruptured achilles tendon. 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. TV Announcers: Seven Olympic titles, seventeen World Championships. if( 'moc.enilnoefiltseb' !== location.hostname.split('').reverse().join('') ) { Read on to find out about her life today. 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: Cause it's really dangerous. Closing Credits: End of message. Born in Nice, France, Bonaly, who is black, was adopted by white parents and grew up in a world where she felt she had to try harder. Her performancespunctuated by triple-triple jumps and other power movesthrilled audiences around the world. Latif Nasser: The camera zooms in on her face and she is just weeping. And the crowd loved it. It was huge. Tracie Hunte: So, Surya was actually adopted as a baby by this white couple in the south of France. Tracie Hunte: After that, it's just triple, triple, triple, triple, triple. 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. Now I'm preparing to go on a big tour in Europe for Holiday on Ice. Ever. She'll be back, and so will we for the medal ceremony. Sandra Bezic: Everything about skating is built on circles. Ctait comme, H, je peux faire des triples, alors quelle est la prochaine ? Latif Nasser: This is Tonya Harding, and she and Surya were friends. You can tell she's favoring one leg, but she manages to land a few jumps, then she falls. What is that about? And that's something that she couldn't do because she was jumping on straight lines. It was so close. Matt Kielty: Did she skate in a lot of other competitions after 95? Malgr cela, la patineuse, qui a concouru sous le drapeau franais, a un CV t ce qui lui permettrait de revendiquer plus dun titre : neuf fois championne de France, cinq fois championne dEurope, trois fois vice-championne du globe (senior) Pourtant, malgr le fait quelle ait disput trois Jeux Olympiques , Bonaly na jamais pu siffler du haut du monde, ni complter sa collection de mdailles olympiques (1992, 1994 et 1998). I'm broken, I'm damaged, I'm like a used car that's good for the trash. TV Announcers: There's the triple salchow. She knew. That guy just came in, he said hi to everybody in the room but he didn't say it to me. Jad Abumrad: She competed in the World Championships in 1995, the very next year and she came in second. Latif Nasser: Yeah, you can watch the YouTube videos from that period, and it's like she's a different skater. No one else could do it so they banned it. Tonya Harding: The strength, and the power-. Johnette Howard: Well, it was, it was arresting. Latif Nasser: Starts her program-. "I never really quit skating. And she was part of a team whose job it was to decide which girls to send to the Junior World Championships. Jad Abumrad: Do you have any idea what you're saying right now? "A stunning backflip," Newsday wrote, 20 years ago this week. Latif Nasser: She's never medalled at the Olympics before. She began working on a quad in practice in 1989 after winning the first of her nine consecutive national figure skating titles. TV Announcers: Oh, this is a first for me, that's for sure. Surya Bonaly: Especially for ladies, they like to keep the girls pretty. Jad Abumrad: So she gave you the thumbs up that we got it right. Tracie Hunte: More circly, yeah. 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. Surya Bonaly: Yeah. I haven't got a good word for it. Surya Bonaly: No. Search instead in Creative? 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. Jad Abumrad: We'll be back right after this Zamboni break. I swear, it's like an earthquake. It's a skater who usually finishes below Surya in competitions. Tracie Hunte: S-U-R-Y-A. She was athletic. You cantake the survey we mentioned at the beginning of this episode here:https://www.research.net/r/wnyclistenerThank you! Latif Nasser: Now, we should say that wasn't the sound of Surya skating, or any of those other people. Tracie Hunte: That's Sandra Bezic. 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. Here we go.". Latif Nasser: She pulled a muscle. TV Announcers: That's a really fast step sequence. Well, we had the World Championships in Japan. 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. TV Announcers: International Skating Union President Olaf Poulsen-. Tracie Hunte: She's got an Achilles tendon that's been stitched together. It was not perfect because nobody is perfect, but pretty good competition overall. What could happen if somebody with unrivaled athleticism and no aversion to risk was willing to go after it? And it couldn't be totally illegal because as long as land on one foot, "Maybe we will think about it.". More information about Sloane at www.sloane.org. And she didnt seem to care about artistry. Latif Nasser: The sound I have in my head is like a hockey stop. Johnette Howard: That she existed on a diet of bird seed and you know, all these things. TV Announcers: Sixteen year old Oksana Bayul. "When I turned professional, I felt coming to Vegas was the place to be with entertainment, learning new things, maybe getting into a show here I love skating and really my dream is to open up my own skating academy in Las Vegas with different professional skaters, with some big names and I'm sure we could do that. Elvis Stojko: I came down right on my face. Bonaly became an American citizen in 2004 and lives in Las Vegas. It's a glide. I have to say that word, elegant. It's mine. Valieva est incontestablement au centre de lattention aux Jeux de Pkin, mais elle nest pas la seule attirer lattention sur les quadruples sauts en patinage artistique fminin. There's such jumping ability. And Surya was daring. Did you feel that any of the difficulty was because you're black? Unlike her competitors ice princesses who hid behind demure smilesSurya made her feelings known. Sandra Bezic: I've bene involved in the skating world my whole life as a competitor, as an olympian, a commentator. Surya Bonaly: Like Holiday on Ice. They see it was possible for me, so hopefully they think, 'Why not try it?'" How will I say? Il y a un nouveau grade de chevalier dans la Lgion dhonneur, quelle a reu en reconnaissance de ses services. Tracie Hunte: Well, she retired from figure skating after the 98 Olympics. Tracie Hunte: She does a back flip. "I know you don't want me to, but I'm going to do this anyway." She had it all. Team France. All Rights Reserved. Tracie Hunte: And when she gets to the podium, she congratulates Yuka Sato, but then-. 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. 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. TV Announcers: The marks for Surya Bonaly. 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. See Him at 63. Surya Bonaly: My mom was a sport coach and she was about to be like a volunteer for a gymnastic club and skating club. Surya Bonaly: It was very fast. xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain;charset=UTF-8'); They sound different, but not even that different really? And we sent the clip to Sandra, and she was like, "Yes!". Robert Krulwich: In a similar pattern? Tracie Hunte: Were they saying out loud? document.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function() { Tracie Hunte: I just felt empathy for her. Elvis Stojko told us that one time he tried it and it did not go well. Robert Krulwich: I mean, the idea that she's some kind of black forest princess or something? Some good ones, do you know what I mean? Jad Abumrad: And does she quit at this point? Tracie Hunte: She's on pain killers. Now it's down to the judges as to whether the gold medal belongs to Sato of Japan or Bonaly of France. 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. Latif Nasser: Yeah, you get your low fives, which sounds like it's a good mark, but that's not a good mark. Tonya Harding: I was like, "How did you do that?". She was athletic. Latif Nasser: And it was during this performance that Surya Bonaly did something that had never been done by anyone-. Surya Bonaly ( Nice, 15 de dezembro de 1973) uma ex- patinadora artstica francesa, que competia no individual feminino . Marie-Renie Le: And we had to choose only two girls. 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