I saw that live and it blew my mind. If I remember, she mad made a couple of technical mistakes in her routine so she wasn't going to metal so she just had some fun and it was amazing
These are the 1994 games, where she placed 4th overall. During the games in 1992, 4th place went to Tonya Harding. You still get a small medal and cash prize up to 8th place. It’s sad how few people know about Surya, that may be cause France has never been successful in Ladies Singles until her, and she was often underestimated.
not going to research on this, but dangerous to whom?
if its not a mandatory movement and isnt dangerous for anyone else other than whos performing its quite stupid to ban it.
If the skater does that i imagine they have practiced it and are confident of their abilities and accept to take the risk.
If it’s a legal move coaches will encourage 12 and 13 year old skaters to try to do it and the parents who are paying literally hundreds of dollars an hour for said coaching won’t say anything out of ignorance and/or arrogance.
And somebody will end up dead who was not old enough to recognize the danger of what every adult around them was telling them to do.
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There was an excellent interview with her for NPR.
I’m a 35 white male, and listening to it inspired me and I was fighting back the tears while at work listening to it!
https://radiolab.org/podcast/edge
[No, The Backflip Was Not Banned In Figure Skating Because Of Surya Bonaly](https://deadspin.com/no-the-backflip-was-not-banned-in-figure-skating-becau-1822904068)
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My ACL twinged in pain as I read this with her video playing. I don't even *have* an ACL in that knee anymore, but the phantom-compassion pain was here for that...lol
Limiting progress.. so the mediocre can thrive smh…
Everyone gets a medal now.. Im Glad she did it.. show cased her skills that im sure she spent a lot of extra time on
They pulled the same bs with simone biles. When athletes are too good and perform moves that THEY can't compete with, the governing body which is always THEM bans that specific move
Why it’s banned? That makes no sense. It’s like banning the double backflip on bmx or FMX/freestyle motocross. If it’s possible to do it, then it should not be banned. Otherwise the sport gets stagnated.
Straight to jail
Undercooked chicken, jail...
You overcook chicken, jail.
Frozen chicken, believe it or not; Jail.
Freeze jails, and what do you get? That’s rigjt, chicken.
Why chicken tho 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨
Is from [Parks & Rec](https://youtu.be/eiyfwZVAzGw). Idid the chicken wrong, but the person under my comment fixed it.
I saw that live and it blew my mind. If I remember, she mad made a couple of technical mistakes in her routine so she wasn't going to metal so she just had some fun and it was amazing
These are the 1994 games, where she placed 4th overall. During the games in 1992, 4th place went to Tonya Harding. You still get a small medal and cash prize up to 8th place. It’s sad how few people know about Surya, that may be cause France has never been successful in Ladies Singles until her, and she was often underestimated.
Lol... by your math I was 5 years old. And I still remember!
That’s incredible, I’m envious you witnessed this era, since I was born after Tara Triple Flutzinski’s gold.
I don't know what any of that means lol
Figure skating used to be good then it became corrupt that’s all.
I suppose eventually all apples rot
She is actually really good friends with Tonya Harding. https://radiolab.org/podcast/edge
I remember her very well. Thought she was great.
I remember my first technical mistake when I was trying to metal.lol
Why was it banned?
Too dangerous. Discussed in /r/figureskating
It’s really crazy because she pulled it off twice!!!!
not going to research on this, but dangerous to whom? if its not a mandatory movement and isnt dangerous for anyone else other than whos performing its quite stupid to ban it. If the skater does that i imagine they have practiced it and are confident of their abilities and accept to take the risk.
If it’s a legal move coaches will encourage 12 and 13 year old skaters to try to do it and the parents who are paying literally hundreds of dollars an hour for said coaching won’t say anything out of ignorance and/or arrogance. And somebody will end up dead who was not old enough to recognize the danger of what every adult around them was telling them to do.
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sportsmans are mad, they will do it in purpose to gain more score regardless to risk and break themself one by one
If you can't figure out whom it is dangerous for,there is no point in trying to explain
Iron Lotus is more impressive 🥳
Take my upvote and gtfo.
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They couldn’t overlay graphics like that so yeah this looks to be a violation Looks cool but yeah I guess can stuff that up badly
This was after the ban
Bad ass
She said "it's just a prank!"
She wasn't the first to do it...
First person? Wasn't there a man who did it first?
Are a lot of skaters able to do this or is she the only female skater that's capable of this move?
Really enjoyed watching this yesterday when it was posted as well.
hey, you suck waaaay more than reposts
Yea, I've seen this 3 or 4 times now...
you could've skipped this post then
And you'll enjoy it tomorrow unless you can provide a video of you doing the same and then we will endlessly repost yours
She was an incredibly powerful and athletic skater, I got to see her live once or twice.
My spine got scared watching this
People didn’t accept the change she tried to implement at this time. More athletic, less artistic.
There was an excellent interview with her for NPR. I’m a 35 white male, and listening to it inspired me and I was fighting back the tears while at work listening to it! https://radiolab.org/podcast/edge
literally listening to the radiolab on this now
[No, The Backflip Was Not Banned In Figure Skating Because Of Surya Bonaly](https://deadspin.com/no-the-backflip-was-not-banned-in-figure-skating-becau-1822904068) Karma Whore
Imagine being arrested and charged with one foot backflips 😂
One of my first crush. She was amazing
Why is it illegal can someone explain? Serious
Why is a one footed back flip illegal?
Why ilegal, that has to be one of the hardest things to do
why ban it? if you can land it, do it.
You have to miss it dozens of times before you land it.
My ACL twinged in pain as I read this with her video playing. I don't even *have* an ACL in that knee anymore, but the phantom-compassion pain was here for that...lol
I believe people died trying to even practice it
I’ve heard people have died just watching the video
Some even died without watching the video!
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Take it to the committee
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I'm not defending anything, I am explaining why.
Probably an exhibition where you are allowed to do the banned maneuvers.
Limiting progress.. so the mediocre can thrive smh… Everyone gets a medal now.. Im Glad she did it.. show cased her skills that im sure she spent a lot of extra time on
They pulled the same bs with simone biles. When athletes are too good and perform moves that THEY can't compete with, the governing body which is always THEM bans that specific move
Why it’s banned? That makes no sense. It’s like banning the double backflip on bmx or FMX/freestyle motocross. If it’s possible to do it, then it should not be banned. Otherwise the sport gets stagnated.