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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 . Surya Bonaly: I thought it was like, amazing. Lost in the Desert 34m She won a 1986 World Trampoline Championships silver medal for France in team tumbling at age 12. Conflicting Tales of Birth and Background. That's why it's called the Bonaly. The sound of a beautiful skater going from edge to edge, from lean to lean. Jad Abumrad: So what ended up happening? } 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/. document.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function() { Tracie Hunte: She's got an Achilles tendon that's been stitched together. See Him at 63. Surya Bonaly.jpg 709 980; 697 KB. Robert Krulwich: Don't you think that that's a little unsportsmanlike? An exceptional track record. Johnette Howard: They want these people to look like little ballerinas but leap into these jumps like predators. Incroyablement, Surya Bonaly a remport un total de neuf titres de champion de France, cinq titres de champion dEurope et quatre mdailles dor dans des comptitions de championnat du monde. Tracie Hunte: She was kind of hard on Surya. When I saw the show, I love the bling bling. TV Announcers: And is now getting ready to skate for her country. Que faire quand tout le monde sait de quoi vous parlez ? 1992ko, 1994ko eta 1998ko Neguko Olinpiar Jokoetan parte hartu zuen. Je suis bien plac en ce moment. It's a good story that pops off of, it's like-. 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. I definitely remember, when she was about to skate, my mom would be like, "The black girl is skating!" And that's something that she couldn't do because she was jumping on straight lines. Elvis Stojko: Explosive. Unlike her competitors ice princesses who hid behind demure smilesSurya made her feelings known. Little Girl: Look, there's Sonja Henie! Latif Nasser: But when we ask people, "Did she change the sport? 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. 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. TV Announcers: The judges don't. I was known for the backflip in exhibitions, not in competition, but I wanted to leave a trademark. Tracie Hunte: A lot of them were like, "Eh". Bonaly was the French national Champion for nine years consecutively and was also the European Champion five years in a row. No? Jad Abumrad: What do you mean? Bonaly participated in three Winter Olympics, and though she never medalled at the Games, she is still considered one of the greats from the sport, as the five-time European champion and winner of . She grew up in Nice. Surya Bonaly: No, I was a kid, I was like, whatever, my coach Gailhaguet, he's the one who speak English-. Sandra Bezic: We all know Yuka's skating. Surya Bonaly: Yeah, no. She is probably going to win. Jad Abumrad: What did she say there? Latif Nasser: The margin was so close. Her performances - punctuated by triple-triple jumps and other power moves - thrilled audiences around the world. She began working on a quad in practice in 1989 after winning the first of her nine consecutive national figure skating titles. 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. Tracie Hunte: Yeah, you're absolutely right. Again. It was a huge deal. de patineurs. Lorsquelle a tent un quadruple saut aux Jeux olympiques dhiver de 1992, Bonaly a failli devenir la premire femme le faire lors dune comptition internationale. Aprs avoir t professionnelle, elle a continu se produire dans divers galas et comptitions travers le monde, et elle est mme apparue dans La ferme clbrits 3 de TF1 en 2010. At UPHF, students also benefit from green campuses, equipped with numerous sports facilities . Jad Abumrad: Why was it illegal? Jad Abumrad: So why was she getting bad marks to begin with? Her mother was a sports coach who taught multiple disciplines from gymnastics to figure skating. TV Announcers: And it's second place for Surya. Loretta Swit begged the writers to stop using it. Latif Nasser: So she would go to these ice shows-. TV Announcers: Boy, this is going to be close. And I'm like, "No, I'm already here, I don't want to just maybe retire. When you're black, you know. It was hers for the taking. Latif Nasser: Well I asked her. "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. Latif Nasser: So this is Marie-Reine Le Gougne, and she is a former French figure skating official. Tracie Hunte: Well, after a couple years of getting these kinds of marks, she does some soul searching. Also, she says you're supposed to land all your jumps on one foot. Bonaly was born on December 15, 1973 in Nice, France to an Ivorian father and a mother from Runion, Madagascar. Robert Krulwich: It's always close. But it was figure skating that had her heart. What is that about? Three-time World Figure Skating Champion. She continues to do ice shows occasionally, but right now I think the main thing that she's doing, she's coaching. Surya Bonaly was not your typical figure skater. Surya Bonaly: I think it was more like a point of saying this is it. And on Surya's artistic marks, she would get scores like-. She was crying. Tracie Hunte: And then she got to this point where she just knew she couldn't do it. She was going to take it. Latif Nasser: Had anyone ever done this back flip onto one blade before? I swear, it's like an earthquake. Tracie Hunte: Were they saying out loud? Was there just the one sort of-. Black?". Latif Nasser: Oh, you'll see. Latif Nasser: Eventually after about four and a half minutes, she finishes her skate-, TV Announcers: Surya Bonaly, to Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Fortunately I was good at it. You're like recalculating. You do your best, it's fine. if( navigator.sendBeacon ) { Did you feel that any of the difficulty was because you're black? Sandra Bezic: And on behalf of everyone at Radiolab-. That has to stop." I keep my eyes open. And then, after about a minute. Tracie Hunte: Elvis was actually in the crowd watching. But when I asked Surya if that's what was happening, she said-. Browse 344 skater surya bonaly stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. Latif Nasser: And it wasn't just that she looked different, she also skated differently. If I don't, do you kill me? Tracie Hunte: And actually as a commentator-. Surya Bonaly (5139144733).jpg 735 922; 621 KB. This is probably her last go in front of the world. Tracie Hunte: In her routine there were these moments where it just looks like she was sort of skipping across the ice, just very balletic moves. Tracie Hunte: Yes. If you're talking about Serena Williams, whose facing a lot of these same kinds of criticisms, it doesn't matter. Jad Abumrad: She competed in the World Championships in 1995, the very next year and she came in second. TV Announcers: Style and grace. Latif Nasser: And she goes over off to the side to a bench with her coach to await her results. Tracie Hunte: Those go to Yuka Sato. EDINA, Minn. When Surya Bonaly started figure skating as a little girl, it was casual. TV Announcers: There's a lot work to be done on the choreography yet, there's a lot of work to be done on the grace. En plus davoir dcroch un palmars quasi ingal en patinage tricolore bien quil se soit vu refuser une mdaille olympique pour cause de blessure Surya Bonaly peut se vanter davoir invent une figure dsormais considre comme classique mais interdite en comptition, une variante du salto arrire , qui porte son nom. 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. Original music from Matt, and also from Dylan Keefe. TV Announcers: She competed for France in 1994 and just missed the podium. Closing Credits: End of message. Latif Nasser: But then moments later she said-. She wins 8 out of 9 technical merits. Now I'm preparing to go on a big tour in Europe for Holiday on Ice. I have to keep going. Elvis Stojko: Surya would go from one end to the other-, Didier Gailhagu: Would speed across the ice-, Tracie Hunte: Flying across the rink-, Didier Gailhagu: With powerful stroking-. Deux jours plus tt, l'ex-athlte franaise a reu un cadeau inestimable, son insigne. Robert Krulwich: She came in second, that's not bad. Latif Nasser: You're like the GPS lady. Respect Sorya, je vous ai toujours admir, quelle carrire, et le salto arrire restera longtemps grav dans notre ma mmoire ! TV Announcers: Now Yuka Sato, the 21 year old from Tokyo-. I couldn't do anything. Jaurais aim moccuper de la relve. Didier Gailhagu: And what do you want to hear? Figure Skating. Latif Nasser: She takes the medal off of her head-. I pulled a muscle. Latif Nasser: No, she keeps going. Tracie Hunte: I'm just not lucky. Particularly injury problems. You will see significant upgrades in-store and online this year. Robert Krulwich: I mean all these other girls have worked just as hard as she has, one presumes. What was the problem? And, you know, I spent lots of hours there, just waiting for my mom. Surya Bonaly: They're like, "Oh, well, you did it on one foot." Surya Bonaly: Sonja Henie. Robert Krulwich: So, she doesn't get high scores? Latif Nasser: Not at Olympics, not at the World Championships, no. Hailing from Nice, France, her adoptive parents named her after the Sankrit word for "the sun." Shining athletically from an early age, she burst onto . navigator.sendBeacon('https://www.google-analytics.com/collect', payload); In the 1990s, Surya Bonaly was the rising star of figure skating. TV Interviewers: Why did you not accept the medal? Latif Nasser: She said that she backed Surya. Christian Estrosi, le maire de Nice, est celui qui la oubli. And you're always second guessing. TV Announcers: Upset, no doubt. She was adopted by white parents when she was only 18 months old and began skating at the young age of 11. 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. Surya Bonaly: Those famous skater, like Katarina Witt-, TV Announcers: The ravishing Katarina Witt-. Marie Bashkirtseff, a souvent rsid Nice. And that is our sport, which leads to Surya. As a Black skater competing in the late eighties and nineties, she is still cited as a prominent example of how racism and figure skating conventions affect . Latif Nasser: Powerfulness versus prettiness. You're listen-, Introduction: You're listen-, Jad Abumrad: Okay, so then if What? It's a clean sound. Robert Krulwich: So I'm just curious. Latif Nasser: And she would attack everything. if( 'moc.enilnoefiltseb' !== location.hostname.split('').reverse().join('') ) { I'm the one that created this one. Jad Abumrad: stay listening? That's wnyc.org/participate, and that link is also in the show notes for this episode. Bonaly, a French figure skater, had been doing backflips since the 1980s out of competition. Bonaly credited her ability to perform triple jumps with ease to her gymnastics background. Tonya Harding: I went through it, I know all about it. Ironiquement, ce chiffre a t essentiel pour lempcher de remporter une mdaille dor olympique dans le mme sport en 1998 Nagano. Latif Nasser: Okay, okay. Really I was so messed up. All the cameras crowding around and-. A friend of mine told me once that racism can make black people crazy, which is a very broad way of looking at it, in the sense that you almost never know why people are reacting to you the way that they do. Latif Nasser: There's just a lot of raw talent, but it's not fully - hasn't been refined. 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. 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: She gets back up, keeps going through her routine. Jad Abumrad: So she never gets first? 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. Tracie Hunte: Exactly, yes. The radius could be huge, but it's still a circle. And she didn't seem to care about artistry. I'm still performing all over the world," she told The Root in 2014. And Surya was daring. Seriously. Sandra Bezic: This gentle, almost soundless quality, like a whisper across the ice. Latif Nasser: Yeah, but if she-. Jad Abumrad: We'll be back right after this Zamboni break. It's like a really good story. You were really terrific. Surya Bonaly: Well, never mind. Artistic impression. Tracie Hunte: Soaring through the air. Elvis Stojko: For me, it was sort of a new face on the scene, like the fresh stick of gum. And we sent the clip to Sandra, and she was like, "Yes!". Olympian Surya Bonaly may be best remembered for rattling the judges during her 1998 Nagano Olympics free program when shegasp!performed a backflip. Latif Nasser: Her left leg. Well, we had the World Championships in Japan. 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 was determined to hone the difficult maneuver,. Latif Nasser: And to make matters worse, Surya at that moment was already recovering from a ruptured achilles tendon. 10 minutes people thinking about "What should we do?" Is that what you're saying? 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. And if I do, you don't care. Elvis Stojko told us that one time he tried it and it did not go well. 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. Ctait comme, H, je peux faire des triples, alors quelle est la prochaine ? Judges prioritized what they saw as grace. TV Announcers: I think this is a form of protest. Latif Nasser: They called out Surya. French? It's a three-month show I'm proud to star in even though I'm getting old. Did she change figure skating?" 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. Find your friends on Facebook. Those are as high as any we've seen. Tracie Hunte: Were just a little bit more loaded. Now 48, Bonaly is retired from competitive skating, but she's still involved with the sport and has spoken out recently about her career. 2012 WFSC 03d 890 Anisina Bonali.JPG 1,069 710; 212 KB. Latif Nasser: Yeah, just for daring. The retired sportsperson Surya Bonaly was born on 15 December 1973. Surya Bonaly: It was my dream to, you know, to do it and I know I can. Sandra Bezic: And the other thing about skating that you don't necessarily get on camera is the sound of the edge. Tracie Hunte: Middle finger to the establishment, like this huge F U. Tracie Hunte: Just this beautiful moment of self-affirmation. "I've been doing shows with champion Evgeni Plushenko for years. How would you convince the many people listening to-, Robert Krulwich: Wouldn't it work-. She is a notable French-American professional figure skater best known for her unique skating style and bold jumps. How do you get noticed [inaudible 00:38:34] competition? Black girl magic Elle est une partisane trs active de la PETA, et elle a galement organis un petit groupe de patineurs professionnels, avec qui elle collabore sur des projets spciaux. TV Announcers: That's very incredible. There's the sound of Brian Boitano's back crossovers that used to excite me when I was in the rink with him. 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-. [ 1] Latif Nasser: I guess it depends on how you define first. Closing Credits: Start of message. And-. 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