Surya Bonaly 1998 Winter Olympics "first and last" backflip

Details 🚨 Surya Bonaly will forever be the undefeated Ice Queen. Blatant discrimination in 1993 caused her to lose a much deserved win to Oksana. She protested in 1994 as she was again cheated out of a win and refused to stand on the podium, a brave move for an athlete. In 1998, she left the public frozen and etched her name in history when she performed a forbidden somersault. This was a blatant "fu*k you" to the Olympic judges as the injured Bonaly did an illegal backflip landing on one blade.Although that kept her forever away from winning a gold medal, her style was never duplicated and for that she remains undefeated.. FYI, I focus on adding context to social media posts that often lack it. If you're interested in seeing posts with added clarity and background, consider following me.

From what I remember, she knew she wasn't going to win and knew it was banned, but was like: might as well enjoy it

Surya Bonaly’s 1998 Winter Olympics moment: 🔥 The only female figure skater to perform a backflip on one blade during competition — a move both banned and iconic. 🕊️ It remains the first and last backflip executed in Olympic figure skating history.

she does it with so much elegance... incredible

they banned her for being too good but let men fall on their asses and still get medals make it make sense

they hated her for doing what no man could and looking hot while doing it 🖤

Surya Bonaly first ever to do a backflip on ice landing on one foot despite backflips being a banned move in figure skating (1994 Olympics)

I remember this

Bro thats insaaaane feat

Try it. You'll never look back.