This backflip made history: Surya Bonaly | Extraordinary Figure Skating

[@FemaleLead1]

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[@mistybollinger3312]

She deserved a medal for that one jump alone!!! How mind blowing!!!

[@FemaleLead1]

She is a real legend in her field ❤️

[@dutchrub]

This was a defining moment for me as an Olympics lover. It was everything I ever wanted out of a woman--defying convention, flaunting the status quo, leaving an untouchable legacy, all in the face of what might otherwise be considered a "failure." I remember this performance SO vividly. I stood up and cheered with tears in my eyes. Will always be a top Olympic performance in my eyes because that's what the games are all about--triumph in adversity.

[@nellesbombshell371]

If she is the only woman to EVER do this then she is the best, HANDS DOWN🎉👏❤️💯

[@wairimukiiru7604]

Wow! Women who go against the norms and are winners in their own light ❣️ Thanks for showing us it's doable. I love going against the norms and doing you. 💯❤️💥🥰

[@FemaleLead1]

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[@sweetpealee056]

To perform with such strength and excellence and never win a medal? She was robbed!

[@FemaleLead1]

She didn’t win at the Olympics because she was not “following the standards” of ice-skating. In some of her interviews she also says that she thinks being black at the time was restricting her in this field - though she added she didn’t know how much it impacted her career.

[@OKSANAIZKURGANA]

​@FemaleLead1 дело не в цвете кожи... И при чем тут это?

[@lettiegrant9447]

@@FemaleLead1your opinion 🥻

[@aliway4136]

​@@OKSANAIZKURGANAit's the victim hood Olympics 🤦

[@cptfreeman8966]

@@aliway4136nah man it’s racism. Simone Biles going through the same thing right now

[@kristenbossert]

That deserved a gold medal to me!

[@FemaleLead1]

If they judged her work for the performance she delivered then should would have definitely had it

[@lindapfister2484]

I loved her. And goes down in history

[@SueMitchell-u4w]

BRILLIANT !!!!!

[@martieflagg4671]

What a stunning skater! ❤

[@FemaleLead1]

She really is!

[@debraphilip6173]

She should have won an Olympic medal she was one of a kind

[@BahamaWynters]

Surya Bonaly chosen for three Olympic games is triumph. That backflip was always for the audience and her heart. It has been said she was one of the female skaters to do combo-jumps in her programs. By the way, saw a video about Mabel Fairbanks where they described one of the many spins she created that is now referred to as the Bielmann (sic) spin. Believe it's time to give Fairbanks the credit she deserves. Oh, boy; can of worms, anyone?

[@jai1773]

She was a phenomenal skater and not to have won a medal or to stand on the podium was an injustice to her craft.

[@brianeads9376]

It looks like she accomplished something greater than a medal.

[@richln9682]

Loved this girl! Some people are just born badass.

[@michellelekas211]

I LOVE her💖💖💖💖

[@leelunk8235]

BEAST

[@CorineaNeil]

Amazing.

[@FemaleLead1]

She really was/is!

[@dorothysewing9997]

Surya Bonaly had just skated after Tara Lipinski, so she knew she wouldn’t win the gold. After messing up a few of the jumps, she added the backflip at the last minute, and made it a jump combination.

[@ritaaparecidapereira225]

Excepcional Simplesmente fantástico...

[@MadScientyst]

She was an AMAZING Figure Skater & that signature move made her stand out man! I was pissed with those biased, jack assed judges at the time who couldn't respect the woman's sheer athleticism!

[@sharonthomas499]

Many black professional figure skaters with superb skills and unparalleled grace never received the notoriety or recognition they deserved. It’s such a shame because the world itself was cheated from the sheer beauty and joy that they brought to the art. 😢

[@FemaleLead1]

Sharon that is such a beautiful way to express it!

[@JessicaHughes-s8j]

This was actually the exhibition after the competition. She placed third after the short program and fourth after the long program. She did not do a back flip in either of those programs.

[@FemaleLead1]

Apologies if it was unclear :)

[@Will_3000]

​@FemaleLead1 It's VERY unclear. You highlight that "catastrophe struck" and show her falling on a triple flip. You then say that "a mistake like this meant she wouldn't win a Gold Medal". This is her exhibition... AFTER the competition. Next time, please do your research. It looks like you have other footage when she did the backflip IN competition at the 98 Olympics. Highlight that, and only that. It gets your point across.

[@flightoflightning2505]

@@Will_3000Exactly, it seems like the creator of this video just pulled fake 😅information from the last hair in the back of their brain for this video. Nothing in this video is true at ALL.

[@Msellasempiricalexperiences51]

How Beautiful and Artistic, those judges were Pure Haters…..❤

[@FemaleLead1]

They were not ready for this performance!

[@OKSANAIZKURGANA]

Она использовала запрещённый элемент.

[@cynthiaflandorffer9067]

She received a bronze medal but she deserved a gold for that amazing work. But because she was not known like the other athletes and the penalized her because of it

[@anastasiaabrahim9096]

26:20 yep she is french. Surya Bonaly! It was in 1998.

[@LittlePoncho]

She made it look like a piece of cake omgg

[@FemaleLead1]

The one on her way out was sooo smooth too.

[@LittlePoncho]

@@FemaleLead1 REAL her outro was FLAWLESS

[@ergoshaker8725]

Simone Biles on ice ❄️❄️

[@ggd210]

That is an exhibition!! Not a competition!

[@mariamoraga828]

💐

[@cztober3085]

Good for her!!

[@ShannonWongXuanNingPhpps]

SHE GOT TENTH!!!! she was fr robbed

[@markheithaus]

So, figure skating judges are assholes

[@flightoflightning2505]

They aren’t, when Surya was good she was one of the best jumpers, but with the pressure of the Olympics she trembled and did not skate a SINGLE CLEAN PROGRAM in the Olympics. I would in fact tell you she was overscored.

[@skater313]

She did this performance with multiple injuries too.

[@justcheryl5568]

She was robbed, the King should give her a CBE or an honors for commitment to the sport.

[@FemaleLead1]

🙌

[@flightoflightning2505]

No she wasn’t, she had a DISASTROUS program for all 1992 and 1998 Olympics. She lost focus and fell on at least 4 jumps on both of them. Do your research, she wasn’t robbed, she literally performed terribly on both. Sometimes I wish people could just do their research, especially when they know NOTHING about figure skating.

[@justcheryl5568]

@@flightoflightning2505 She was robbed! Her performance was daring. I love how some grumpy 50 year old responds and thinks they are knowledgeable. Dear Plastic creating generation (50+) you know nothing, do your research her performance is unmatched to this day.

[@siennehearts]

Wow! I never heard of her til now, but how incredibly impressive! A real travesty she never won any Olympic medals.

[@priscazingg7893]

Ich sage nur: Philipp Candeloro ❤

[@Ellame_lovescookies]

Hi

[@FemaleLead1]

Hello

[@mrs.sherry]

Illegal move. Thought backflips were banned.

[@pocketnunu]

Backflips are banned because you land on two feet. And with skating leaps you only land on one foot, plus it's for the skater's own safety that backflips are not done. However, Surya Bonaly lands on one foot only.

[@cynthiaflandorffer9067]

So I stopped watching ice skating since

[@8kplays_]

Bonaly?

[@Brandie-y3u]

I was never a fan of this skater. Not much of a dancer. She should have stayed in gymnastics..

[@gansuringagaru]

Shes just mad shes not given attention

[@grantorino2325]

She deserved gold at the 1994 World Championships, but only got silver. That is, just because they were held in Japan, 5 of the 9 judges gave the gold to the Japanese girl. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5-9m6Zspth7d5Isi=1oFhKXly9St88RAw

[@FemaleLead1]

The interview towards the end was heart breaking

[@flightoflightning2505]

Surya fell on her triple loop and underrotated her 3F-3T combo, and two-footed her first 3Lz, while Sato skated a CLEAN, PERFECT program with no mistakes. Yuka Sato deserved the gold 100%.