Surya Bonaly backflip legacy reminds us that being ahead of your time can come at a cost.
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Surya Bonaly’s Silent Protest and Historic Backflip: The Figure Skating Moment That Challenged Judging Bias: A dramatic act of defiance on the ice by French figure skater Surya Bonaly remains one of the most controversial… #SuryaBonaly #FigureSkating #SilentProtest #SportsHistory #JudgingBias
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Give #SuryaBonaly the respect and credit she’s due!
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That didn't age well. And Scott has a short memory #SuryaBonaly
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Once again, we do it they hate it because we executed it, BUT they later do it and it’s spectacular.
This BLACK HERSTORY MONTH shoutout goes to Surya Varuna Claudine Bonaly 🇫🇷 #blacksky #blackhistorymonth #suryabonaly #legendary #blackHERstory
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A force of nature, and a true Queen
#backflip #Olympics #SuryaBonaly
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The incredible artistry and athleticism of the skating events always holds me in awe. So today i’m posting about #SuryaBonaly
- Olympic #French figure skater - known for her backflip onto a single skate ( 1998 Olympics ) . A banned move she executed anyways because she was ahead of her time.
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Surya Bonaly, born December 15, 1973 in Nice, France is a decorated French medalist, retired figure skater and coach. She is the first Olympic figure skater to land a backflip on one blade; at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan ♥️🖤💚✊🏽 #SuryaBonaly #blackexcellence #BlackHistoryMonth
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We can be mad about her treatment as a professional skater while also celebrating the statement she made. #SuryaBonaly
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2026 : incroyable / magnifique.
Blabla bla..... 😠
MAIS, en 1998
N'oublions pas JO de Nagano
Surya Bonaly, par rébellion fût la première à l'exécuter...
Et sanctionnée 😡
Je m'en souviens, Madame !
Bravo et merci.
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This is one of my all-time favourite podcast episodes everrrr.
"On the Edge" by Radiolab
radiolab.org/podcast/edge
#Radiolab #podcast #SuryaBonaly #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth
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The original
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SURYA BONALY.
Every time I see Ilia Malinin do a back-flip and they call it a first, I remember that #SuryaBonaly did it first and had to do it illegally. She LOST points for doing it!
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My class were talking about Ilia Malinin’s backflip and how it was the first one ever. So I showed them #SuryaBonaly doing it first.
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Agreed! While I respect Ilia Malinin's backflip, let's remember Surya Bonaly, who was simply ahead of her time. Despite her groundbreaking single-leg landing and athleticism, she was often undervalued and received unfair treatment in competitions.
#BonalyFlip
#SuryaBonaly
#Legend
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Figure skater #SuryaBonaly was penalized for performing a backflip at the 1998 Olympics — a move now being praised after Ilia Malinin landed it at the 2026 Winter Games.
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“ #SuryaBonaly, when she had finished, bore an exuberant smile. She turned her back to the judges and bowed first to the fans.
She came in 10th. But she would not be forgetten.”
- Susan Du, City Pages
#BlackHistoryMonth ✊🏾
#Olympics #WinterOlympics #MilanoCortina #IliaMalinin
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STOP ERASING BLACK HISTORY.
#Suryabonaly was first to do the backflip in #figureskating during the #olympics #olympiciceskating #blacksky #blackeducators #blackhistorymonth #bh365 #winterolympics
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Surya Bonaly is actually interviewed in my piece about the history of the backflip. Why it was banned, why it came back, and its connection to race and politics in a political sport: wapo.st/4tnBhrr #suryabonaly #figureskating #olympics2026 #iliamalinin
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True.
Victime du patriarcat, de la misogynie et du racisme.
#SuryaBonaly
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Oh, it's legal now? The 1998 Nagano, Japan figure skating judges owe her an apology and a medal.🙌🏾🫶🏾🥇🇫🇷 #SuryaBonaly has always performed it better! #OneLegLanding💪🏿💅🏿✨
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I was interviewed by the AP for an article because I’m a huge Surya Bonaly fan and have been posting about her. No shade to Ilia Malinin or Adam Siao Him Fa but the Olympics and ISU owe Surya an apology and to run that deduction back! #olympics #figureskating #SuryaBonaly
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Since people are talking about the backflip & the amazing Surya Bonaly, I'm adding something else. I loved her and mentioned her in my book #AfricanEuropeans in 2020.
#WinterOlympics2026 #SuryaBonaly
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