TV Announcers: Now Yuka Sato, the 21 year old from Tokyo-. I can't imagine what it must be like, well I can imagine what it must be like. Skater Eric Heiden Won 5 Gold Medals, Then Became a Doctor. It's a gentle carving. And I'm like, "No, I'm already here, I don't want to just maybe retire. Tracie Hunte: And she'd do jump after jump-. The backflip, which has. TV Announcers: And is now getting ready to skate for her country. TV Interviewers: What did you think of those marks? And that is our sport, which leads to Surya. She was crying. Do a back flip. Surya Bonaly: Never mind, that's life, I'm used to it. 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. Jad Abumrad: That is just creeped out, honestly that's just weird. Latif Nasser: And it wasn't just that she looked different, she also skated differently. Un acte de violence psychologique, mais aussi psychologique. Or maybe now will be nice if we'll do maybe four times a week. Tracie spent the last few months with us producing that story as part of the WNYC Fellow Program. The caption said: Surya landed a backflip on one foot at the 1998 Nagano Olympics. TV Announcers: And where is the European Champion? Bonaly credited her ability to perform triple jumps with ease to her gymnastics background. 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. She had maybe less triples than me, but she was maybe more prettier. They were totally like woman, you know, pretty, graceful, who make those men crazy when they were watching it, you know. Surya Bonaly, 2010.jpg 821 1,125; 130 KB. TV Announcers: Surya Bonaly is a striking and exotic figure on the ice-, Johnette Howard: She just arrested your eyes when she skated. TV Announcers: International Skating Union President Olaf Poulsen-. ", 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. Lia Beck is a writer living in Richmond, Virginia. TV Announcers: Tears begin to flow. Latif Nasser: And then what comes to her is that there is this move that she has in her repertoire that she can do, but it's illegal. sound information and advice to make the smartest, healthiest choices. Surya Bonaly tait ravie de retourner Nice pour son anniversaire (elle a eu 46 ans le 15 dcembre 2019). 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: So she would go to these ice shows-. What is that about? Tracie Hunte: And she hits her first jump, crowd loves it. It's my last competition.". I have to keep going. au 42 balais lorsquelle tait interviewe par le magazine. 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. Surya Bonaly Wiki, Age, Biography. Elvis Stojko: She wouldn't stand on it. Latif Nasser: Okay, okay. En prsence de son fianc, Pete Biver, lancienne patineuse sest vu remettre son prix dans sa ville natale de Chicago. Latif Nasser: I'll do my best. A Natural in the Gym and on the Ice. Matt Kielty: But she never wins? Robert Krulwich: What do you do? I skate good, but somehow, it's not for me. [crosstalk 00:08:04] I'm just saying that we making up stories because you want to hear them. We didn't have the same one. Surya Bonaly: People, when they stand up and start making noise and tap their feet into the ground, I can feel the whole building. 10 minutes people thinking about "What should we do?" I'm the only one who did it. 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. Robert Krulwich: Are they still illegal? Surya Bonaly.jpg 709 980; 697 KB. They sound different, but not even that different really? This article is more than 3 years old. Games Participations 3. Up-and-Down Fortunes on the Ice. TV Announcers: That's a really fast step sequence. Latif Nasser: Injuries, and some turned pro and stuff, but whatever. [ 1] Robert Krulwich: In a similar pattern? Tracie Hunte: Yeah, totally. Log in or sign up for Facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. Surya knew she belonged on the ice. Now I'm preparing to go on a big tour in Europe for Holiday on Ice. 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. She continued, "I hope I opened doors to change that. Gosh, I wish I had a good word to describe it. Latif Nasser: You're like the GPS lady. Jad Abumrad: So she never gets first? This is Sandra Bezic. Now it's down to the judges as to whether the gold medal belongs to Sato of Japan or Bonaly of France. Latif Nasser: Basically, her skating style was the exact opposite end of the spectrum from Surya's. Ice skating is largely about aesthetics. So, how did you first get into skating? Tracie Hunte: You get points for trying. What happened? You cantake the survey we mentioned at the beginning of this episode here:https://www.research.net/r/wnyclistenerThank you! Johnette Howard: Yeah, I think there's several things. TV Announcers: Oh, this is a first for me, that's for sure. Latif Nasser: And you could either of see it as a kind of-. Some good ones, do you know what I mean? Surya Bonaly: No, not the Olympics. "A stunning back flip," Newsday wrote, 20 years ago this week. Marie-Renie Le: Jamie York is our Senior Producer. Stories, right? Surya Bonaly: They're like, "Oh, well, you did it on one foot." Latif Nasser: We'll get there. She began working on a quad in practice in 1989 after winning the first of her nine consecutive national figure skating titles. Latif Nasser: So this is Marie-Reine Le Gougne, and she is a former French figure skating official. Robert Krulwich: So, she doesn't get high scores? So knock on wood, I hope I'll be able to die in peace. And she didn't seem to care about artistry. TV Announcers: Absolutely. Latif Nasser: Not at Olympics, not at the World Championships, no. TV Announcers: She really is amazing. Linsigne de Chevalier de lordre de la Lgion dhonneur, dcern lancien athlte franais deux jours plus tard, tait un cadeau inestimable du peuple franais. 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. Surya Bonaly: Yeah, totally. Tracie Hunte: Yes! Tracie Hunte: Elvis was actually in the crowd watching. 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. Surya was always very like-. Latif Nasser: Oh, that's called the Bonaly? That she had a bad attitude. Cest chiant. 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-. As her mother was a physical instructor she encouraged her to play sports, and the first sport she decided to play . Tracie Hunte: Anyone. Latif Nasser: Afterwards, a lot of people interpreted that back flip as a big fat middle finger up to the entire skating world. Tracie Hunte: She could barely speak English, she was barely 16. Her name was given by her adopted parents Surya Varuna Claudine Bonaly. "But it is what it is. 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. Tracie Hunte: She gets back up, keeps going through her routine. Surya Bonaly redefined a sport that wasn't built for her. Produced by Matt Kielty with help from Tracie Hunte. Did you feel that any of the difficulty was because you're black? xhr.open('POST', 'https://www.google-analytics.com/collect', true); I improved like every week, every month you can see a difference. Three-time World Figure Skating Champion. Latif Nasser: So after the medal ceremony's over, she just gets mobbed by reporters. Surya Bonaly: I prefer to hit a triple triple jump, then [inaudible 00:10:14]. Surya Bonaly: Because it's not my place, and I'm just disappointed. Our content is fact checked by our senior editorial staff to reflect accuracy and ensure our readers get This is probably her last go in front of the world. Surya Bonaly ne vous dira rien du contraire. Radiolab is produced by Jab Abumrad. Elvis Stojko: Yuka was one of those really lyrical skaters. She lives in Minnesota and she's coaching young skaters. 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. Jad Abumrad: What do you mean? Sandra Bezic: It's a beautiful sound. Latif Nasser: The thing that becomes really apparent is that she is different! 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. The French figure skater was able to perform backflips on ice, and in 1998, she became the only person to land a. Lost in the Desert 34m 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: And then she got to this point where she just knew she couldn't do it. Surya Bonaly: It was so much pain. Loretta Swit begged the writers to stop using it. Her mother was a sports coach who taught multiple disciplines from gymnastics to figure skating. "We don't want her because she's black? It was very subtle. TV Announcers: And the crowd here appreciate it. I know I need to fit something.". Jad Abumrad: Story comes from our producer Latin Nasser and also, producer Tracie Hunte. I had the courage to say because she was black. Tracie Hunte: She'd strike a pose, and then just take off. Latif Nasser: They would say things like, oh-. She told the Olympic Channel podcast, "If I would have been white, maybe I would have my title long ago but who knows? 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. Just doing it like it was nothing. 1992ko, 1994ko eta 1998ko Neguko Olinpiar Jokoetan parte hartu zuen. Marie-Renie Le: And we had to choose only two girls. Latif Nasser: Again. Artistic impression. She was adopted when she was 18 months old by Suzanne and Georges Bonaly, who. Latif Nasser: But then moments later she said-. Ela foi trs vezes medalhista de prata do Campeonato Mundial (1993-1995), conquistou cinco medalhas de ouro e uma de prata em campeonatos europeus e foi eneacampe do campeonato nacional francs. Bonaly, * 15. prosince 1973 Nice) je bval francouzsk krasobruslaka, ptinsobn mistryn Evropy a stbrn medailistka z mistrovstv svta. Jad Abumrad: Do you have any idea what you're saying right now? She shakes her head. Closing Credits: Start of message. if( 'moc.enilnoefiltseb' !== location.hostname.split('').reverse().join('') ) { And it couldn't be totally illegal because as long as land on one foot, "Maybe we will think about it.". Surya Bonaly: It was very fast. Elvis Stojko: To her skating. A New Approach. It's shady as (beep). Sandra Bezic: This gentle, almost soundless quality, like a whisper across the ice. TV Announcers: I really hope she doesn't go through with this. The question is, "How will they see her artistic effort?". I don't know why people keep saying that. Surya Bonaly: Well, never mind. Tracie Hunte: According to her, they would say the kind of things like she was too muscular, or she wasn't elegant enough. Jad Abumrad: Before we get started, wondering if we could ask your help on a little something. Latif Nasser: She said that she backed Surya. RELATED:Skater Eric Heiden Won 5 Gold Medals, Then Became a Doctor. I still follow my passion!". There, she coaches skating at the Las Vegas Ice Center. TV Announcers: Off to the dressing room for the new champion. Black girl magic Tracie Hunte: He puts the medal around Surya's neck, shakes her hand, and then he holds onto her hand, and just kind of pulls her onto the podium. Frustrated at every turn, she faced disappointment after disappointment until at last, with the whole world . When Surya Bonaly started her ice skating career in the early 1990s, she was the only skater of color at many events in Europe. Didier Gailhagu: And what do you want to hear? Les rgles du sport sont impntrables et peuvent parfois tre un peu injustes. I know I'm going to crash, I can't do it, my leg is not with me any more.". Search instead in Creative? First Olympic Games Albertville 1992. Latif Nasser: The margin was so close. It was a huge deal. TV Announcers: Upset, no doubt. I keep my eyes open. TV Announcers: And here's the tiny 15 year old French girl who's captured everyone's imagination here. Tracie Hunte: That's Johnette Howard-. Surya Bonaly was born December 15, 1973 in Nice, France. 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. She is probably going to win. Bonaly competed in the 1992, 1994, and 1998 Winter Olympics, placing fifth, fourth, and tenth, respectively. 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. scientific studies and medical journals. 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. Latif Nasser: Yeah, but if she-. Was there just the one sort of-. 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