This move is so hard to pull off that it was made illegal in 1976 and this Olympic athlete was penalized for it

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“oh, you’re the best in the world?….Well that’s against the rules.”

This is Surya Bonaly, who was one of my favorite skaters. A tremendous athlete who sometimes was affected by the jitters. She'd blown her routine in this competition, and knew she couldn't medal, so she said f it, and did the backflip for the audience. It was great fun to watch.

So penalize her for being able to complete a move nobody else can do 🤔 that’s not right

uffff pretty sad that the athlete was punished rather it should be the other way around

Surya is a bona fide badass

it’s bc it’s dangerous, not just hard

She was penalized bc she was the best. Also bc she was black.

They did not want to see black girl excellence