Log in or sign up for Facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); Latif Nasser: She's in this gold and blue sequin outfit, and she starts her routine. Tracie Hunte: Well, after a couple years of getting these kinds of marks, she does some soul searching. She was adopted when she was 18 months old by Suzanne and Georges Bonaly, who. What was the problem? Tracie Hunte: She could barely speak English, she was barely 16. Robert Krulwich: I mean all these other girls have worked just as hard as she has, one presumes. Latif Nasser: Was this all going through your mind as you were skating? Tracie Hunte: Yeah, totally. Lia Beck is a writer living in Richmond, Virginia. But, she did that here. Many times I have heard that word. They were totally like woman, you know, pretty, graceful, who make those men crazy when they were watching it, you know. When you're black, you know. Marie-Renie Le: Marie-Reine Le Gougne speaking. ", Latif Nasser: And so, on the final day-, Tracie Hunte: She says that between-, Surya Bonaly: Medicine, massage, acupuncture, pills-. Skater Eric Heiden Won 5 Gold Medals, Then Became a Doctor. At UPHF, students also benefit from green campuses, equipped with numerous sports facilities . ", 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." She had maybe less triples than me, but she was maybe more prettier. Because there are no scratches. Bonaly was the French national Champion for nine years consecutively and was also the European Champion five years in a row. They see it was possible for me, so hopefully they think, 'Why not try it?'" Matt Kielty: After the ceremony? Didier Gailhagu: We used the press very well. So three years in a row. "But it is what it is. We just need time and you know, power from some people.". Closing Credits: End of message. And that is our sport, which leads to Surya. 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 . We're at the Olympics in Nagano. Sandra Bezic: This gentle, almost soundless quality, like a whisper across the ice. I definitely remember, when she was about to skate, my mom would be like, "The black girl is skating!" 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. Latif Nasser: Okay, okay. TV Announcers: She's heartbroken. Whipping around, Bonaly landed on one blade which was an Olympic first that no one has dared to match. Jad Abumrad: So what ended up happening? Sandra Bezic: Everything about skating is built on circles. Jad Abumrad: And? In the 1990s, Surya Bonaly was the rising star of figure skating. Matt Kielty: But she never wins? Jaurais aim moccuper de la relve. You will see significant upgrades in-store and online this year. Did you feel that any of the difficulty was because you're black? Tracie Hunte: Elvis was actually in the crowd watching. Latif Nasser: Things take a really strange turn. Surya Bonaly tait ravie de retourner Nice pour son anniversaire (elle a eu 46 ans le 15 dcembre 2019). She'll be back, and so will we for the medal ceremony. "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. Surya Bonaly: Yeah, totally. TV Announcers: And now the silver medalist. TV Announcers: That really was a corker. In addition to Best Life, she has written for Refinery29, Bustle, Hello Giggles, InStyle, and more. Her mother was a sports coach who taught multiple disciplines from gymnastics to figure skating. And that she was defiant. Bravo !!! Seriously. 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. 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: But when it came down to the artistic marks-. Tonya Harding: She was just so exciting, and there was just no boundaries for her. Tracie Hunte: She was kind of hard on Surya. But when I asked Surya if that's what was happening, she said-. Back flips! Tonya Harding: The very first time that I ever saw her do a back flip, I mean, my mouth just dropped open. 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. Produced by Matt Kielty with help from Tracie Hunte. Surya Bonaly: I had new choreography, changed my whole skating roles, changed my coaches. Surya Bonaly: I prefer to hit a triple triple jump, then [inaudible 00:10:14]. Latif Nasser: So she gets up, does her final skate in front of the home crowd. She was good, you know. TV Announcers: Notice her hair-. Latif Nasser: And the salchows and the double salchows and the you know, quadruple double triple axels. It's a three-month show I'm proud to star in even though I'm getting old. European champion and vice-world champion, the sportswoman chained the trophies as fast as her acrobatics.However, these prestigious titles did not necessarily bring him gold.Throughout his career, the athlete has been regarded as "The black" in this very codified discipline. Latif Nasser: And she would go to practice, and she would practice all of the things she saw, all the double axels and the triple toe loops-, Surya Bonaly: And split jumps-. Latif Nasser: I think she did. It's a sound that we all love. Just give me anything you can. That she had a bad attitude. Surya Bonaly 1973 - Figure skater. When I saw the show, I love the bling bling. Surya Bonaly: Yeah. Latif Nasser: So this is Marie-Reine Le Gougne, and she is a former French figure skating official. Latif Nasser: She's never medalled at the Olympics before. If there's one thing Surya Bonaly is remembered for, it's her backflips. Robert Krulwich: I mean, the idea that she's some kind of black forest princess or something? But on that scale, to be the only one. She was determined to hone the difficult maneuver,. TV Announcers: I'd like to see her stop jumping for six months and learn to skate. Three-time World Figure Skating Champion. Recherchez toute l'info travaux et les horaires modifis qui impactent votre ligne en tlchargeant votre fiche horaires. if( 'moc.enilnoefiltseb' !== location.hostname.split('').reverse().join('') ) { Robert Krulwich: How do you spell Surya? If anything, I felt more like, man, it really must suck to be the only black woman skating at that kind of level, and not really understand why things are happening. Latif Nasser: Powerfulness versus prettiness. She takes the ice-. TV Announcers: Flowers for Katarina! TV Announcers: When you can see disparity from the judges, a 5.7-. TV Announcers: Bonaly has chosen not to stand on the podium. Shows like Radiolab. TV Announcers: Now Yuka Sato, the 21 year old from Tokyo-. "I mean, even many years after I'm like, 'Did I really finish fourth [at the Olympics]?" 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. No one else could do it so they banned it. So knock on wood, I hope I'll be able to die in peace. And I think there were a lot of people in skating that didn't want it. Tonya Harding: Hi Latin. I still follow my passion!". Tracie Hunte: Not immediately. There's a line on a court, and it's either inside or it's outside. Latif Nasser: Yeah, these are legit skaters. Tracie Hunte: She gets back up, keeps going through her routine. Marie-Renie Le: Oh, yes. And-. Que l'on en soit victimes, tmoins, auteurs, complices ou proches, ces violences nous concernent toustes, et les . She was adopted by white parents when she was only 18 months old and began skating at the young age of 11. That guy just came in, he said hi to everybody in the room but he didn't say it to me. It was a huge deal. Surya Bonaly: It was so much pain. Robert Krulwich: I'm Robert Krulwich. She continues to do ice shows occasionally, but right now I think the main thing that she's doing, she's coaching. Jad Abumrad: This is Radiolab. Tonya Harding: I went through it, I know all about it. Will it be gold? Frustrated at every turn, she faced disappointment after disappointment until at last, with the whole world . Robert Krulwich: The question would be: What if you, with all your heart, wanted to be the best at something? Latif Nasser: And she would attack everything. So, we made some stories. V roce 1998 na zimnch olympijskch hrch v Naganu pedvedla jako jedin olympionika v historii salto vzad na jedn noze. But Surya Bonaly was not the skating talent they'd expected: eccentric, defiant, athletic - and black. Latif Nasser: She said that she backed Surya. TV Interviewers: What did you think of those marks? Up-and-Down Fortunes on the Ice. Linsigne de Chevalier de lordre de la Lgion dhonneur, dcern lancien athlte franais deux jours plus tard, tait un cadeau inestimable du peuple franais. Ice skating is largely about aesthetics. 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/. Sandra Bezic: Soren Wheeler is Senior Editor. Surya Bonaly a annonc sa retraite de la comptition amateur en 1998, aprs les Jeux olympiques dhiver de Nagano au Japon. Robert Krulwich: What about back flips? Latif Nasser: So jumping forward to the final day of the Championship, Surya is in second place. And I'm like, "No, I'm already here, I don't want to just maybe retire. Tonya Harding: The strength, and the power-. Surya Bonaly: Unfortunately, they chose her. Tracie Hunte: In 1992, at the age of 18-. 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 . Tracie Hunte: Soaring through the air. Robert Krulwich: So, she doesn't get high scores? I know I need to fit something.". Latif Nasser: When she gets her marks, she jumps into first place, and there's only one skater left. Tracie Hunte: They're professional figure skaters. Tracie Hunte: What happens next is one of these moments that really defines Surya's story for a lot of people. scientific studies and medical journals. TV Announcers: The marks for Surya Bonaly. Her performancespunctuated by triple-triple jumps and other power movesthrilled audiences around the world. Bestlifeonline.com is part of the Meredith Health Group. Surya Bonaly.jpg 709 980; 697 KB. Thanks. An exceptional track record. Latif Nasser: Cause it's really dangerous. Latif Nasser: Not at Olympics, not at the World Championships, no. Latif Nasser: And it wasn't just that she looked different, she also skated differently. 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. Tracie Hunte: She's got an Achilles tendon that's been stitched together. Latif Nasser: And she goes over off to the side to a bench with her coach to await her results. Tonya Harding: Hope that's okay. She shakes her head. This article is more than 3 years old. Latif Nasser: That was the World Championships, not the Olympics. Matt Kielty: Did she skate in a lot of other competitions after 95? Latif Nasser: No, she keeps going. Jad Abumrad: So she gave you the thumbs up that we got it right. And after that, you kind of see a difference. Tonya Harding: Our staff includes-, Sandra Bezic: Simon Adler, Brenna Farrell, David Gebel, Marie-Renie Le: Matt Kielty, Robert Kruller, Tonya Harding: Latin Nasser. Latif Nasser: And so by the age of ten, she decides she wants to spend her life figure skating. How would you convince the many people listening to-, Robert Krulwich: Wouldn't it work-. "Sans lui, sans elle " ralis par Claude Couderc - Dargoole cerca e cataloga i video presenti sui pi famosi portali di video sharing del Web. There, she coaches skating at the Las Vegas Ice Center. He says something, but you can't hear what it is. And she was part of a team whose job it was to decide which girls to send to the Junior World Championships. You put your fists on a table and say, "Enough is enough, that's it." Everybody knows that you have to do better than anybody else who's white. It is available for viewing on YouTube as "Backflips on the Ice" and includes Olympic champions Robin Cousins, Brian Orser, Scott Hamilton, Surya Bonaly, and more. 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. Jad Abumrad: So they didn't change their mind about the back flip in the end. [emailprotected]. RELATED: To see more famous athletes of the past now, sign up for our daily newsletter. She continued, "I hope I opened doors to change that. "A stunning back flip," Newsday wrote, 20 years ago this week. Surya knew she belonged on the ice. She grew up in Nice. Surya Bonaly: Pretty good, thanks. Jad Abumrad: I'm Jab Abu mrad. She lives in Minnesota and she's coaching young skaters. Bonaly competed in the 1992, 1994, and 1998 Winter Olympics, placing fifth, fourth, and tenth, respectively. All the cameras crowding around and-. Sandra Bezic: And the other thing about skating that you don't necessarily get on camera is the sound of the edge. Surya was always very like-. And everything was fine until the day before the short program. Tracie Hunte: Immediately starts with this double axel. Latif Nasser: But, here's what happened. You cantake the survey we mentioned at the beginning of this episode here:https://www.research.net/r/wnyclistenerThank you! See Figure Skater Surya Bonaly Now, 24 Years After Her Last Olympics, Franck Seguin/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images, See Figure Skater Nancy Kerrigan Now, 28 Years After Her Last Olympics. Judges prioritized what they saw as grace. TV Announcers: Surya has not cut her hair since her birth. I keep my eyes open. It's okay. Surya Bonaly redefined a sport that wasn't built for her. 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. Tonya Harding: I was like, "How did you do that?". In the age of "ice princesses", Surya was an anomaly, and the figure skating world feared the kind of future she represented. Surya Bonaly: Well, never mind. 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. Latif Nasser: She pulled a muscle. TV Announcers: Oh, this is a first for me, that's for sure. And say, "I'm not dumb, and I'm getting sick now, I'm sick of it. Robert Krulwich: Don't you think that that's a little unsportsmanlike? Black?". TV Announcers: We're here live at 10 a.m. on Saturday morning in Japan. So okay, so we're starting in 1998. Ever. 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. Jad Abumrad: The piece was produced by Matt Kielty. How will I say? Tracie Hunte: And then she lands on one foot. TV Announcers: And here's the tiny 15 year old French girl who's captured everyone's imagination here. Jad Abumrad: Do you have any idea what you're saying right now? In fact-. Surya Bonaly: Yeah. Tracie Hunte: Well, that's the question, and it's kind of complicated. This has never been repeated in Olympic competition since. And Surya was daring. Sandra Bezic: Hi. Tracie Hunte: And that's when the judges basically pick first, second, and third. Tracie Hunte: Were they saying out loud? Surya Bonaly: I was a bit more mature. It's super slushy. Robert Krulwich: What do you do? Tracie Hunte: Yeah, in 1993 in the World Championships, she comes in second. The retailer is being called out over its strict security measures. Tracie Hunte: Middle finger to the establishment, like this huge F U. Tracie Hunte: Just this beautiful moment of self-affirmation. Johnette Howard: Well, it was, it was arresting. Find your friends on Facebook. 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. Latif Nasser: They would say things like, oh-. Bonaly credited her ability to perform triple jumps with ease to her gymnastics background. Devenue la premire femme russir un quadruple saut aux Jeux olympiques, qui ont eu lieu pendant la comptition par quipe. Didier Gailhagu: Yeah, she was still a young baby-. 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. What happens? Figure Skating. } Latif Nasser: She didn't come out. 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. You're the first person in the history of the human race who has done that. EDINA, Minn. When Surya Bonaly started figure skating as a little girl, it was casual. No? There was this one time we found on YouTube where she boos the judges-. (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.) Ils refltent galement un athltisme croissant dans le patinage artistique fminin, que Bonaly a tent de stimuler tout au long de sa comptition carrire. Latif Nasser: She just stopped before getting on the podium. 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. navigator.sendBeacon('https://www.google-analytics.com/collect', payload); Cest chiant. Jad Abumrad: Story comes from our producer Latin Nasser and also, producer Tracie Hunte. Latif Nasser: Yeah, she was doing a lot. That's why it's called the Bonaly. Tracie Hunte: And when we asked her why, this is what she said. Radiolab is supported in part by the Alfred P. Sloane Foundation, enhancing public understanding of science and technology in the modern world. Johnette Howard: Yeah, I think there's several things. Opening up with her triple lutz. Bonaly quickly became a star in France, winning the first of her nine national titles as a 15-year-old in 1989 while working on her quad jump. Latif Nasser: Okay, so to really understand just the context of all this, and the stakes of that moment, we gotta go all the way back. Latif Nasser: Yeah, just for daring. Jad Abumrad: She swings one leg over-. And she's trying to be more graceful, more beautiful, more elegant. It's a glide. Travaux TER en cours. Latif Nasser: She'd step on the ice, and people would go crazy. It's probably my last competition, I don't want to just retire like that. Well, how about every day?" TV Announcers: And it's second place for Surya. a t victime de violences physiques et psychologiques de la part de sa propre mre, qui a t sa principale motivation. Surya Bonaly: It was my dream to, you know, to do it and I know I can. And she didn't seem to care about artistry. Latif Nasser: The thing that becomes really apparent is that she is different! Surya Bonaly: Yeah, I finished ten. Tracie Hunte: They were also-. 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. Latif Nasser: So she would go to these ice shows-. document.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function() { "You always need someone to be the first to do something. Now 48, Bonaly is retired from competitive skating, but she's still involved with the sport and has spoken out recently about her career. Tracie Hunte: Those go to Yuka Sato. Fortunately I was good at it. "We don't want her because she's black? Here we go.". Sandra Bezic: Thank you for listening. Latif Nasser: No, no, no. It was huge. Jad Abumrad: Were they professional skaters? Surya Bonaly is a former French skater and current coach known for her tremendous technical ability and, famously, for the one-footed illegal backflip she landed at the 1998 Olympics. 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. Jad Abumrad: Producers Latin Nasser and Tracie Hunt. TV Announcers: That's very incredible. Surya Bonaly izotz gaineko frantziar patinatzaile ohia da. She began working on a quad in practice in 1989 after winning the first of her nine consecutive national figure skating titles. Tracie Hunte: So it's a jump forward, but rewind, we're in Nagano, Japan, 1998 Winter Olympics. And anyway, you chose somebody else. Tracie Hunte: The whole crowd is booing. She won a 1986 World Trampoline Championships silver medal for France in team tumbling at age 12. TV Announcers: And where is the European Champion? https://www.instagram.com/suryabonaly1/?hl=en. 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. TV Announcers: She competed for France in 1994 and just missed the podium. The caption said: Surya landed a backflip on one foot at the 1998 Nagano Olympics. Quite frankly, Yuka Sato is an amazing skater. Dominarik kolkoratu ez arren, ospe handia lortu zuen 1998koetan, backflip izeneko jauzia egin baitzuen, hanka bakarraren gainean lurreratuz. Latif Nasser: Now, we should say that wasn't the sound of Surya skating, or any of those other people. Five to four, Sato is the new World Champion. Latif Nasser: Out of the picture. TV Announcers: That's a really fast step sequence. Elvis Stojko: Like say a Tonya Harding-style skating. Latif Nasser: What was going on? Surya Bonaly was born on December 15, 1973, in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Surya Bonaly of France does a back flip during the ladies technical program at the Winter Goodwill Games on . Just doing it like it was nothing. Tracie Hunte: Well, she retired from figure skating after the 98 Olympics. A lot. So now, you get points for doing the kinds of power moves that she was doing way back when. What could happen if somebody with unrivaled athleticism and no aversion to risk was willing to go after it? Tracie Hunte: Out of the picture. "I've been in Las Vegas since end of 1999," she told CY Interview in 2020. It's my last competition.". Latif Nasser: Making his return, Elvis Stojko. Did she get nailed? Tracie Hunte: Exactly, yes. Tracie Hunte: Anyone. Thodore de Banville, auteur de La Mer de Nice. Surya Bonaly ne vous dira rien du contraire. 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. 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-. Surya Bonaly: Because it's not my place, and I'm just disappointed. Jad Abumrad: This is Radiolab. Latif Nasser: Just to set this up, the World Championships are the second most important event in figure skating after the Olympics. 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. How many triple triple you want me? 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. Latif Nasser: But there is this kind of ironic thing, I guess, which is that if you took her and you put her in competition today, if she was competing on the world stage today, she would would probably do better than she did back then. The skater broke the rules and made Olympics history with her backflip. Bonaly was the focus of an episode of the 2019 Netflix docuseries Losers about athletes and their experiences with defeats. 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