Surya Bonaly (FRA) - 1994 World Figure Skating Championships, Ladies' Free Skate
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- Chiba-Makuhari, JAPAN - 1994 World Figure Skating Championships, Ladies' Free Skate - Surya Bonaly of France skated her heart out, but her lack of smooth landings on her jumps and the lack of polish in her choreography may have kept her Artistic Impression marks low, and that was enough to just cost her the Gold Medal here. She would finish in 2nd Place for the 2nd year in the row.
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You never can please mankind.
I see her strength, speed and determination to please HER FANS. 👏
I always enjoyed Surya's figure skating. And so did her fans. That's ALL that matters. 👏
Bonaly was incredible. Yuka, her competitor, was incredible too. If it weren’t for other times judges seemed to be biased against her, then her just missing this win wouldn’t have seemed so harsh.
The first triple Lutz was clean. The commentator said it was a 2 foot landing. Let him stand corrected.
Exactly, I watched this performance in the Canadian and British Broadcast and from the angle the Lutz was clean as a whistle so I was confused why he said that.
@@TheWayWithKhuwayne She did almost fall 2 times her hand also touch the floor this is manny years ago .
Beautiful Bonaly, truly ahead of her time.
HorseFace how? She wouldn't have even placed if she skated under the new scoring system.
시대를 앞서 갔다면 김연아랑 비교해도 손색이 없어야 하는데 과연??
@@user-ce5oe9sy7r surya bonaly was ahead of her time.if you dont havr anything nice to say leave
Surya has always been one of my favorites, having said that her artistic mark always suffered I feel because of having her mother coach her rather than having a top coach to help her with her basic skating bad habits like her edge work. Technically a beautiful skater, artistically needs much improvement. Hey a 9 time French National Champion, 5 time European Champion, 3 time World Silver Medalist, 3 time Olympian, finishing 4th, 5th, and 10th, is not a bad career at all. Many skaters would dream to have accomplished this.
Einer meine lieblings eislaeuferin und weltbeste! Sprunghaft sowie musikalisch👍richerd aus wien
3:06 - This section of her program was probably where Surya lost the competition. In any beginner skating lesson, they teach you never to do "toe pushes" -- using the toe pick to move you across the ice -- but to glide. Yet and still, Surya travelled the entire rink in a series of toe pushes at a World Championships, no less. It magnified the notion that she didn't know how to use the blades of her skates to produce speed and flow -- the so-called "quality of skating" Kurt Browning was commenting about.
Yuka Sato, on the other hand, flew across the ice with effortless speed and control. Also, there was real choreography in her program.
However, there were things Surya did that were better than Yuka. For one, Surya had a complete arsenal of jumps. Also, she had correct edges, which Yuka did not (her flip was on an outside edge). Moreover, Surya had more difficult spin positions. That said, Surya did telegraph the entrance to her jumps and her spins were neither very centered nor fast.
I think the judging that night was appropriate. Honestly, it could have gone both ways (it was a 5-4 split decision). The artistic component scores were the tie-breaker, therefore Yuka -- who had better skating skills -- edged Surya out of first place.
Seems like that section was intentional and part of choreography, not that she was doing toe pushes as part of her normal skating
That section was an intentional and very intricate adition to her choreography which highlighted her musicality...
SURYA LOST SIMPLY BECAUSE THE OTHER 2 COULD NOT DO WHAT SHE DID.
@@leonardwalletzky1411 Hilarious! Funniest and most preposterous comment I've read on CZcams in a very long time. Choreography and musicality were never anything she had or could even imagine. It was like watching a chicken walk aimlessly around in the barnyard.
I agree after watching this. surya, may be technically good but just lacks the grace and finesse that is required at the highest level.
Although I can agree that Yuka definitely won this World Championships, I'm not a fan of the majority of the language used in this comment section for Surya.
If you look at Surya's performances each passing year till 1994- 1988-1989-1990-1991-1992-1993, she was clearly not doing as great in the beginning when it came to her overall skating. However, each year she improved very much and was among the best of the world to Medal (very detailed at her European Championships victories).
This performance, although not perfect, was far greater in technical content than any other woman in this event in 1994 hands down. Yes people can nitpick the basics and the quality but it still doesn't invalidate the fact that she had a greater performance to place second place over many other women who didn't perform as great as her on that day.
Lastly, there are people in the comment section who mentioned that she should have protested in 1993 when she placed 2nd to Oksana at the Worlds. I personally believe no matter what year Surya protest on the podium, some people would have still outcasted her as an outsider, saying she's ungrateful etc simply because they didn't like her or her skating or both to begin with.
Okay you know, reading through this comment, I agree with her being a profoundly excellent technician. I think she, Ito, and Yamaguchi were the only women in the early 90s who did different combinations, like 3F-3T. I absolutely agree was robbed in 1993 (which I think was the best version of this program imo) I wished she had worked on edge work earlier on in her career, she would have definitely done way better.
Considering she came into FS only two years before figures were removed says a lot. Every other skater, Harding, Kerrigan, Yamaguchi, Ito, trained figures in their early career (Ito was a junior then) so they already had good control over their edges. I feel like that put Bonaly at a disadvantage, especially because she was coming from her mom, who was also her coach. Suzanne Bonaly was very strict on her child, she was like a French version of Marjorie Chin. Suzanne also did not have prior ice experience and placed Surya in tumbling when she was a child, which probably explains why Surya was so stiff in her early career.
The Queen !!!!!
Again, well-done Surya. The audience were satisfied. 👏
I think she would have won with the modern scoring system which rewards for difficulty of jumps.
She was quite ahead of time for doing 3 jumps in a row, most people back then would do 2. I don’t think she was robbed here, but she definitely was in 1993 (speaking as an Oksana fan)
LOL They would eat her alive on her lack of quality, poor spins, absent footwork, awful skating skills, and lousy interpretation of the music. It would be difficult for her to even qualify for finals let alone win under the current scoring system. She was lucky that she skated in at a time when you could just pump up your difficulty score with poorly executed triple jumps and have the judges randomly give you some decent artistic marks because you’re “daring.”
Let’s be honest: the skater who were called “non elegant”, Surya, tonya... were only physically more muscular. Therefore they were more powerful and didn’t respond to the idea of “fragile” that is the pendant of “grace”. This is a biological discrimination. Balance the judging with a “power” note and they win.
Finally someone said it!
At last! I'm french and here they all keep saying "she was not artistic," "she was not graceful" and that's why she lost, well I understand that backflip thing, but they need to describe very specifically what is "grace" that they do'nt see in her.
Tonya had actual skating skills though.
Tonya was a good skater. Rough around the edges but she had the basic skills.
I disagree. If you look at Yuka’s build, she’s hardly that much different.
94년 사토유카 영상보고오니 인종차별이 아니라 실력이 진짜 차이가 나던데요~
Tuyệt vời❤️
She was always a joy to watch. The competition was close.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
유카의 영상도 봤고 수리야의 영상도 봤는데 확실히 피겨가 무엇인지 알게 해줬음. 심사워원들(피겨를 오래한 사람들)이 생각하는 피겨는 곧고 우아하고 부드러운 피겨인 것 같음.
Une vrai artiste de la danse du patinage
ボナーリー❤
The second mark is called "presentation" and it includes things like speed, the overall look of the program, edges, choreography, costume, etc. IIRC, Bonaly refused to wear tights and I think there was a deduction for that. She didn't point her toe during spins or spirals. All choreography stops when she's set to jump. Frankly, given the amount of deductions the judges could have taken off the second mark, they were actually quite generous.
Was there even tights in her skin tone back then? Because from my understanding, there wasn't that much options for dark skin women skaters back then and even now in the modern era so perhaps it wasn't a viable option for her.
Her costume was designed by Christian Lacroix. It is haute couture. It could be made if needed.
Didn't Surya wear a white dress for her LP at the Olympics a month before? I wonder why she changed her costume??
Qualit of skating “just not there” coming from a commentator? Wow
What part of his comment do you disagree with?
C'est beau, ! Kes que cest émouvant..
I love that catty and passive-aggressive "Danke Schoen!" she said to the German judge at the end of the video -- LOL!
shes not for the title of "ICE PRINCESS" she's an "ICE QUEEN" #nohatejustLove love yah!
#suryabonaly. not an ordinary figureskater we known.
별로. 자기 스스로 열등감 있는듯.
Well everybody, Surya now retired and to this year 2022, no figure skater has back-flipped on one blade and stepped up and successfully did a triple toe jump without falling. 😄
Too bad performing a backflip was and still is illegal yet she chose to do it anyway.
Germans gave her the lowest score? How stereotypical...
아무리 10번을 봐도 흑인선수 보다 일본선수가 연기로나 기술적으로나 매끄럽고 자연스럽게 흘러가며 잘해서 금메달 받은게 마땅한데 흑인선수는 뭐가 인종차별이라고 메달도 거부한지 이해가 안가네~ 내가 보기엔 메달 거부하고 인종차별 뉘앙스 풍긴게 오히려 자기가 동양인을 차별하는 것 같네ㅡㅡㅎㅎ
So you don’t know where Bonaly is from, just her skin color
she da QUEEN, honey! i miss her skating, no other skater can be as gutsy as she! ♥
As they say, there's more to skating than jumps.
수리야가 사토 유카 인종차별아닌가 인종이 다르다는 이유로 결과에 불복하고, 사토유카 금메달은 적절한 판정이었다
Having seen the two performances, the right person won. Not even close in my opinion. Yuka had speed, flow, elegance, better choreography, beautifully integrated jumps with no long lead-up, plus the programme had better transitions of speed of music.
Surya only came close to winning due to racism against Asians. If Yuka were either white or black like Surya she wins 9-0 in a blowout.
助走なしのダブルアクセルなどどう評価すりゃいいんだ
as a difficult trademark of a unique and 25 years after the unique difficult moves surya did nobody ever has accomplished 3 Decades after..
映画読めません
@泰子 that is obviously ur problem 😅
Vấp ngã mấy lần suýt chạm mặt băng, nhảy không duyên dáng. Giải nhì là đúng.
Yuka deserve the title
Regardless of her jumping prowess, Bonaly lacked flow and artistry. Technical difficulty alone does not make the world champion. Her skating ⛸ was very good, but not the gold medal.
This was not her best performance, Ive seen her do better
Exactly. Like she was 100% robbed at 1993. At ‘93 Worlds, she actually had real edge work and artistry. There’s more to figure skating than jumps. Saying this was worth a gold medal? No. She has had many beautiful forgotten programs.
Should have won the Gold..more combination jumps and triples than Yuko Sato..she had good enough artistry to win..
Absolutely, either way it's her turn in the way figure skating skaters in the world level know that you aren't given the 14th ranked Oksana in the previous soviet national and Ballet on ice no combination is a required for free program and awful novice level spinning. A novice outfit is not supported by winning the Isu holds the accomplishments and recognition of the ranked Surya in comparison no previous Oksana the 93 1st year Surya has a silver medal in the world and accepted it unhappy with it.. and then Yuka in this event has a better chance to beat Surya bonaly than Oksana in this event in the Lillehammer games 4 week prior Surya 4th in the Olympics and Yuka 5th top 2 in attendance for this title, but it wasn't fair in 2 years ,so it was a 19 year old upset probably pressure from the federation and ger mom in definitely the Achilles injury supported by 9 hours in training punishment to her daughters body as super human strength as Surya has , and the next year Chen lu didn't rotate 1 full triple anything. Badly undrrotated jumped.. still beat Surya at 13 I watched with Paula my godmother when Surya landed the 3lutz I said was looking at our new world championship winning Surya.. it is political and unfair as that system wasn't fair but treated differently as championship ranked elite athletes if Surya wasn't good enough where her record speaks opposing the case of training with a top level coach consistently and choreography. Imagine how much better? But u can't have it both way. Imp
She didn’t even have basic skating skills. Nowadays she wouldn’t even medal.
No, she actually landed fewer clean triples than Yuka. Her triple loop was basically a fall, and the triple toe at the end of the triple flip had only 2.3 rotations so she had only 5 triples to Yuka's 6 in addition to being much worse in spins, footwork, speed, choreography, stroking, everything else. It should have been a blowout win for Yuka, with Surya at best a very distant 2nd, and Surya came close to winning only due to the anti Asian racism against Asians.
내가 김연아선수때문에 보는 눈이 높아진건지 실력이 너무 투박해보이네. 일본선수랑 비교해도 절대 1등할 실력이 아니것 같은데? 오히려 3등선수랑 비교해봐야 할듯;;
Bonaly was always a clumsy, sloppy skater. She was not graceful at all and her choreography was almost non- existant. She had terrible coaches that should have worked on smoothing her out. Gymnastics favored her more.
Such a spot-on reply. Could not agree more.
So overscoring it is embarassing. Can't believe she nearly won over a far better performance by Sato. She even badly messed up a bunch of her jumps this day, and that is the only thing she does well.
No grace…
Surya’s skating was always sloppy even the jumps she landed and horrible spins. Her behavior at the medal ceremony was a discrace.
Best damn skater I've ever seen. What an injustice! The first time I saw her, she was channeling Josephine Baker. Such a genius melding of art, history, and athleticism. Vive la Surya!
Judy Soloski it actually is fair she didn't win because a backflip is an illegal move so it wasn't counted and her skate was composed completely of jumps and no good step sequence
Judy Soloski no. She was a good jumper but that's it. She had no artistic ability and no flexibility. You need all three to be any good at this. I don't know what planet your on dear.
Allison S i agree surya wasnt the best artistic she was somewhat ok artistically. but she out jumped yuka an she was way more flexible then yuka sato i feel surya was robbed
I strongly disagree on your comment. Surya was an excellent jumper however she was poor artistically.
girolle01 I agree with you 100%. She skated with no edges only preparing for the next jump
She had no music interpretation and did spirals with bent knees
How did she ever win European championships??
Should she have won gold? Surya had more difficult elements and mightier jumps than Yuka Sato. On the other hand, there were a number of obvious flaws - problems with two spins, hand on ice after triple loop, a lack of smoothness and elegance. Therefore, my vote goes to Yuka Sato even if her performance did not thrill me that much, either (except for her fast foot work and some good spins).
It is a shame she did not do this performance at the Olympics though as she would have won the bronze ahead of Chen very easily.
I agree. Now that I’ve seen both performances, I think Yuka Sato gave a better performance. It was cleaner, technically, and her artistic impression was certainly better. Bonaly had this weird hitch in her body movement right before a lot of her jumps and it always bugged me. I completely understand being upset about the loss, but the reaction was not appropriate. Just my viewpoint, though. I was never in her shoes and was never a skater, either.
@@rolandgreen7484 her artistic marks were a bit too high, in my view. Technically, I’d have given it a 5.7 and artistically, a 5.5. Something like that. I’d even agree that Sato was actually stronger technically; not just artistically. She actually landed a lot of nice jumps, had better spins and footwork and the presentation was more appealing to watch. I honestly don’t understand the controversy.
@@smoothALOEtake your bitter self elsewhere...people like you made and still make this world a bad place to be...it is not her moves that bugeed you it was her presence
the first lutz here was actually a flutz, she switched to an inside edge. Yuka had textbook technique and a deep outside edge for her Lutz. Also, Yuka’s jumps were meticulously clean, while Surya’s were very scratchy. Surya did receive higher technical marks but the judges voted Yuka by a landslide, Yuka all the way.
The thing I get from this debate is that there should be another skating competition called "ice gymnastics". Leave the ice dancing for the elegance and expression, and have "ice gymnastics" for the physical prowess. I would certainly watch both.
Apples and oranges. It's the classic "Athlete vs. Artist" competition that has been around since the Debi Thomas Vs. Katarine Witt days. I think they both skated spectacularly. Bonaly had the technical edge while Sato had the artistic one, and artistry tends to be what the judges go for.
+Camille McKenzie I don't like that simple and false dichotomy of athlete v. artist. I also don't think Surya really had the technical edge. What she did do well was incredible (double axel from stand still and that 3/1/3/2 combo), but she really only had four clean triples in this routine, severely underrotated that last triple toe, double footed that first Lutz, fell out of a spin, didn't really hold her spins long, severely telegraphed her jumps, had no content in-between her jumps, and had a ton of posing (two big sections in a 4 minute routine to catch her breath) in this routine where she didn't skate. Those are all technical/athletic issues.
Exactly. I like Surya but there is no flow or intricacies before her jumps, it's like she moves and then sets up for a jump and stops everything until said jump is complete. She is definitely a dynamo when it comes to jumping but I was always waiting for her to connect everything and have a good solid performance that is technically AND artistically good. I heard she used to be a gymnast before becoming a skater and I bet she was great at that too.
Bonaly was way overmarked technically for this skate actually. Her triple loop was practically a fall, her triple flip- triple toe was badly underrotated. She had less clean triples than Sato in addition to weaker spins and much weaker footwork. I didnt agree with her getting higher technical marks than Sato at all.
Agreed and her technical marks were WAY too high for this performance which was far from her best technically. I think some of the judges honestly tried to gift her the win here as a sort of career achievement prize, and thank goodness she didnt win and it is a joke she honestly thinks she was robbed.
SDoesNotKnow You’re exactly right
Mon inspiration quand j'étais petite !
I loved the creativity in her costumes though!!! Very eclectic.
Her power is extraordinary
lol yup and that's about all she had going for her
Is there any step sequences in her skate
RadioLab brought me here
non dimenticheremo mai questa gara , un primo posto tuo non dato ingiustamente !
i believe her mother had something to do with that protest. She's been an athlete most of her life i think that respect means more to her than , winning.
M0onlightKiss I know this an old comment but good point
I never thought of her mother urging her to protest that sounds just like her
What is the name of the first song? the one thats like "dununununununu dununununununu dunununununu nu, deedeedeedeedeedeedeedo deedeedeedeedeedeedeedo"
four seasons
ah yes vivaldi. thanks
Avant-Tom best comment
Avant-Tom lol I'm done dunedeeeee
I don't think the 3L would have made much of a difference. Although it might appear as though she gave a decent skate here, she actually had a LOT of problems with her jumps as Kurt noted--with two-foot landing, cheats, long telegraphs, etc. etc.
Of course, there was no choreography, style, artistry speed or basic skills to back anything up. It would have been a sad moment for the sport, had this performance won the world title.
nondescriptnyc It’s bad enough she got a silver when she didn’t deserve that either
@@valerieteti1755 The field here was very weak. She did deserve silver. Who else deserved it?
@@grantgoffin4774 No she didn’t. As a matter of fact she was ALWAYS overscored and never should have medaled in world competition due to her weaknesses as stated by nondescriptnyc. Anyone else deserved the silver over her error filled performance.
@@valerieteti1755 I agree she is WAY overrated. I am just saying she deserved silver here since the field sucked. Again who else could have deserved it. Szewcenko had nothing harder than a triple loop (I don't count a badly two footed triple lutz) and weak artistry as well. Kiellmann had a good skate but fell twice near the end unfortunately. Chouinard fell 3 times.
@@grantgoffin4774 We both agree she was very overrated thank you for clarifying. I very reluctantly agree with your placing then with this weak field. Not you personally just the fact she was rewarded silver!
she's so powerful!
Why does her skating seem so choppy?
Because it is.😉
Inconsistent coaching. Her mother was her coach for a while and had no professional skating experience.
She's a great skater, but no way should this have been Sato. To start, Surya was not a strong spinner and you can't see that in several places in this program, especially the hot mess of a spit spin. I love her power, but she was not on the same level as Sato during this Championship.
tide32athlete
Lmmfaooo and sato can't jump no where near like surya
inez mickel most of surya’s jumps were cheated plus her landings were messy.
not really, Surya had more triple, better combinations
She is pure power.
that too , no matter what sato one becuase her program was the best. surya though still remains an inspriation to skaters though to to be different and to come up with your own special moves :)
I love how she says "Danke Shon" to the German judge who gave her a 5.5!!
Ce jour la c'est elle qui aurais du avoir la première place et non la yuka pour moi il y a eu du favoritisme tout sa parce qu'elle étais dans sont pays de la triche, surya et bien meilleur et restera la meilleur patineuse du monde cette yuka n'ai qu'une débutante comparé à surya.
Vous etes folle!!
I love this woman, she is truly an amazing idol. Her choice of song is one of my favorite pieces and I really enjoy watching the performance she puts on. It usually pisses me off when the judges allow some bias in how they percieve female skaters to dictate how they deal out her scores. There are moments when I believe she deserves a higher placing on the podium than what she gets.
commentators seem to have something against her
Meli Lokita No they're just being honest. She was a fantastic jumper but crap basic skating skills, spins, zero footwork and presentation.
Ben Bailey Exactly!!
Americans I guess, they always hated her.
I'll never understand why she protested this skated knowing she made mistakes... yet didn't protest in 93 when she "coulda shoulda" won. This coming from a Baiul stan.
+ＮＯＲＲＥＤＩＡＮ -ＰＯＰ- I think she had enough of silver medals already. But she did not deserve gold.
Exactly. Of all 3 worlds she was second this was the clearest loss and it is an utter joke it was even this close. Even in 95 she far outjumped Chen in the long program while Sato actually landed more clean triples than Surya in this skate, in addition to outskating her in every other way both technically and artistically.
She may have been robbed of winning the 93 Worlds, but man was she super overscored here. She didnt even jump very well here, messing up atleast 2 jumps with big errors. Her technical marks were way too high. Sato should have beaten her on both sets of marks, and that she lost gold on only a 5-4 split is a farce. Those who say she deserved gold here should be gassed and lit on fire for stuipidity.
you clearly dont know anything about skating.. Technical isn t only about jumps..
@@Angel77300 Surya's only good elements are her jumps, so for her, the technical is only about jumps. So if she messed up some of the jumps as she did here, what else is there to justify such high marks.
You are actually right that technical isn't only about jumps, which just makes Surya super overscored technically even more, when Sato destroyed her in all other technical elements like spins, footwork, and spirals. That is an argument against Surya, not for her.
2 axel iniziale ... è phenomenal... ho iniziato a seguire il pattinaggio con surya b.
I agree. It was a 5/4 split. If Surya had landed a clean triple loop some of the 5.8s would have been 5.9 and the 5.7s would have been 5.8s.
Doesn't help her that the Worlds was in Japan that year either.
There was only 1 Japanese judge. Every judge is from a different country. Where the WC takes place has nothing to do with the judging.
Great skate from Surya I prefer this program over Yuka Sato both both did well
tu es la plus remittante sur cette compétition
hrm if she hadn't missed that triple loop landing she probably would have won still, I love this program of hers
As a former judge in that time period, I can tell you the most judges did not see Surya as anything more than an acrobat on ice. She had weak basics : horrible edging, sloppy spins, and no connecting moves. The jumps had little flow and she telegraphed everything. I can assure you that there was no way any of the judges would give her a title ( unless it was an all European panel). I had judged her before and although jump wise she could be spectacular, artistically I always thought she was quite weak and her choreography and music choices were always inferior to the other ladies of the time. Where she improved was in her SP, she was able to fake it and not be as obvious in her lack of substance. But in the LP she was always, in my opinion, not good enough to be on the podium. Except in 1994 worlds against a very weak field.
That's why no one respects the sport. Too much is subjective.
metsdudenj It’s nice to see an expert objective post from someone who clearly knows what they are talking about
I agree with everything you just said 100%
I could never see how she won any medals at all giving her lack of basic skating skills
I think her technical skills are low but I seriously doubt you've been a judge of anything besides breathing.
@@bobreilly4996 and I believe you're full of shit! 💩💩💩 and piles of it! I love Surya but the post was accurate, Ioved her regardless, but the post was accurate! Get a happy life!
Thank you. You said everything I would say. They lied about where she was born, trying to make her "more interesting", creating a case of terminal uniqueness, which was totally unnecessary and didn't serve her well. Acrobat on ice seems appropriate. Painful to watch.
I see why Yuka won. Surya was not as graceful and I think artistry, which Surya displayed by short measure, is as important as athleticism
T Stanton well yes but yuka's athleticism wasn't very prominent
chelsea padilla it was better than Surya's artistry.
it's the olympics.. it's about athletics..
eightball8008 Artistry is a core element in figure skating. Even if it was hosted at the olympics, it's still figure skating and nothing can change that.
are u kidding? yuka didnt have technique
Yuka was better.
And still shes very good . Go hate on someone else
Chinxs always cheating you can’t win against Charlie.
She cant sja t e
Dr. Steve Brule and u can't spell.
Christmaelle Vernet, oh fuck lmao
E S lol
You made a offensive blanket statement about a group of people based solely on where they live. But your definition of racism is Yuka beating Surya in front of a panel of international judges (7 of whom were European and if they cast scores based on racism Tanja would have won) at a competition in Japan?
It doesn't matter. She IS the 1993 World Figure Skating Champion.
michelle kwan is a far better quiaty skater to surya bonaly
and michelle was only 14 years old
michelle should of got siver not her
and michelle landed all her jumps as well
michelle is still around surya isn't don't that say something?
yeah it's called racism in figure skating, which kwan was also a victim of in some respects
Michelle Kwan was my favorite, until I saw Surya. I turned to my dad, "Daddy she flipped!!! Did you see that! Daddy she flipped! Kristi Yamagutchi cant do that, Oksansa Baiul cant do that! Daddy, not even Michelle Kwan herself can do that!" Those three were my favorites. I admired their beauty and grace; but, NO ONE has had the power or tenacity of Surya Bonaly. She doesn't skate anymore because she was chased from the sport and she has had several very serious injuries. Why compete is you are going to be disrespected and cheated?
Wow, u'r so ignorant! Surya has been around....she turned professional in '98 & spent the last 15+ yrs making millions touring the world in exhibition shows....she's always been a fan favourite with her triple triple combos & her 1 foot backflip (only skater do ever do that - big money maker)...she had a very successful career!
caroline-jane Hall She is most definitely 'around'. I'm very proud to have her as one of my coaches and an amazing one at that
+Angelica Rodriguez - Racism? Ummmm, no. Surya's QUALITY of skating was quite poor, as were her spins. Her jump landings were poor quality. If racism was present then Debi Thomas (also black) would not have become WORLD CHAMPION in 1986. And Michelle Kwan was not a victim of racism in skating - she won nationals 9 times,Worlds 5 times and 2 Olympics medals. One of the best skaters ever. Are you nuts?? Please learn about the sport.
Finally she is better than Yuka, but still no.2
+陳玉鈴 - Better jumper or better skater? They're not the same, you know. There are other parts to skating besides jumping.
+officeaddict33 sorry for the question to me because now Japanese young women skaters are very famous of better jumping and better skating around the all games
@@officeaddict33 At this event Surya wasn't even a better jumper and got badly overscored.
Shocker, the Japanese girl won IN JAPAN. This is ridiculous, she was robbed from that win
Shocker, the american (Hughes) won the olympics in 2002 in america 🎉 5:21
ROBBED!
so beautiful to watch her she was the best figure skater ever to bad it is so crooked she should have won it all. since then i have totally turned off of figure skating they are far too corrupt
I heard her speak on the radio about what had happened and that she refused the metal and thought "What a little spoiled brat." But had to judge for myself. I'm here and if I had put in my entire life and soul into skating - and outscated another girl and didn't get the metal - and I'm sure it was because of the color of her skin - I'd refuse the metal too. I take back my first thoughts of judgement. Poor thing. It's got to be horrible. So glad she backflipped on them - MIDDLE FINGER UP!! Damn those people who judged her for her skin color. Hope their families are cursed for infinite generations and may have the same experiences in life to remind them over and over what they did to this poor little girl. :(