Medal Awards Ceremony - 1994 World Figure Skating Championships, Ladies' Free Skate
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- Chiba-Makuhari, JAPAN - 1994 World Figure Skating Championships, Ladies' Free Skate - Medal Awards Ceremony where Yuka Sato of Japan won the Gold Medal, while Surya Bonaly of France won the Silver, and Tanja Szewczenko of Germany won the Bronze. Bonaly would protest her Silver Medal here by refusing to accept the Silver Medal.
We stand with you Bonaly ....still 2024
Surya Bonaly have been robbed in this event, clearly. Her reaction is absolutely normal.
I dont know much about Skating. But i do know this girl is the ONLY girl that could do a backflip onto only one foot. And what do they give her in return, they banned the move. I love her heart SO MUCH! Because even after the banned it. She did it again anyway!!! Even if it hurt her score. I LOVE THAT!!! I dont know why they didn't give her a gold medal in this video. But i do think she deserves it. You can clearly see that she KNEW she was the best by her emotions. At least she stayed... If i was that young and put in the same situation, id have probably just walked off. Either way! On that day, she didn't need gold to be number one. She was number one without it. Great job!!!❤❤❤ Also as far as the backflip goes, the only reason i believe they ever had banned it to begin with is because you could land with only one foot. Well she did. Like i said, NUMBER ONE!
1994 was definitely a bizarre year for figure skating, but it also put the sport on the map.
She was robbed in 93 folks labeling someone they don't even know calling her an ungrateful brat in which she put in long hours to be great, she deserved the gold in 93 and the gold after, i respect her stance, the same thing was done to Simone Biles for being too dominant with moves others couldn't do its not racism its bigotry that denied her
for not getting on the stand, for taking off her medal..... i was all with her, to this day i sooo respect her for keeping her head up high
chinafakeeggs your the fool, that was not a tantrum. At the end of the day she was the one out there alone in that sport hearing day in day out everybody describing your competition as delicate, soft, and angel like while they describe her as exotic, catlike, and a jumping bean. That would get to most normal people eventually. And no she never won OG but she did medal as an Olympian and also was a multi French and European Gold Medal Champion. Success that most of those girls could only dream about.
I don't respect a crybaby sore looser!
Bless Yuka’s kindness. She was looking at Surya with so much compassion.
she was-- definitely shared the same take-away from this. She seems sweet and classy. I loved that.
Unsportsmanlike on Suria bonale's part
Thank you I agree with you Yuka was certainly a very sweet, classy young lady
ARE YOU HIGH, OR JUST HIGH ON WHITE PRIVILEGE!??
Cause she knew her azz shouldn't have been #1
2023...and forever Surya..love forever
Even the announcers are shocked she didn't win
I remember this event. Oh poor Surya and poor Yuka to have to experience this as well. Surya unfortunately had a rush of emotions and you do crazy things at the time. It was such a close vote. Honestly, Yuka did win this with her overall speed and presentation. I really think Surya should have won the 93 worlds instead.
+Will R Shouldnt be in the Olympics if its all presentation and no athleticism.
+General Mosh And Yuka Sato beat her on athleticism as well, which you would know if you watched the performances and understood the technical difficult elements of this sport.
General Mosh artistry and athleticism are both equally important in figure skating.
Yup, '93 result was the real travesty! No way Baiul deserved to win over Bonaly...
Surya shouldve won. The other girl didnt land her triples as smooth. I wouldnt have gotten on..
Perhaps you missed Surya's falling out of the triple loop or severely cheated landing on the triple flip-triple toe?
maybe..
Figure Skating judging had been corrupt for years and Surya Bonaly knew she deserved to win gold. Why because she chose to express her distaste for corruption is she showing unsportsmanlike conduct but in 2002 when the Canadian pairs figure skaters challenge their silver medal it was okay? Which, lead to the whole judging system being exposed for the corrupt system it had always been. Maybe if they had taken the time back in 1994 to look into the scoring instead of bashing Surya and her Mom for being ungrateful, outcomes of World Championships and Olympics would have been different.
+Robert Lazenby Surya never tried to change the decision right? She just expressed her distaste with it? I don't know how it went down.
No...she never tried to change it.
Robert Lazenby The thing that I really dislike about today's system is that it is ONE score. ONE. So if there is something going on behind the scenes, which there usually is, you have no way to pinpoint it. The new scoring system protects the judges' asses. At least with the old one, if there was a problem they could find it. It's sad and it makes figure skating less enjoyable. I have to grab a calculator now to figure out what my fave's score is.
The big difference is is that the Canadian skaters chose to launch an official protest after rather than act like jerks and disrupt the medal ceremony
All she did was end up hurting herself by acting on her emotional meltdown. No one here certainly had any sympathy for her . How the Canadians handled it was the best way to do it. plus there was hard proof that the French judge was being paid off that made it impossible to ignore. Had there not been any evidence, her vote would have stood and they still would have a silver medal
"maybe it's her mothers doing" what is a matter with these people.
+Aflex1481 yes, same thing i said...lol,
No manners lol
Yes......a total WTF moment
Binary’s mother was well known to be a meddler. That comment did not come out of nowhere.
This breaks my heart to see Surya cry and say "I'm just not lucky". I also listened to Radiolab and recent a Hidden Brain podcast called airbnb while black. Whether it's unconscious or conscious racism, it exists and it does real damage to innocent people. My heart goes out to Surya. I think she was very courageous to give a silent protest to what was likely a biased (either intentional or not) panel of judges. It helps bring attention to this problem and it took great courage.
+Honorable Citizen Do you think Surya was robbed though? Please tell me why she was. Also, is it right to protest and take away Yuka's moment where many people think Yuka was the deserving winner? Why is that ok? Because Yuka is Asian and therefore should be a good and quiet Asian girl and not make a fuss?
Racismo miserável, Surya foi muito melhor, criativa, performance incrível...
There are plenty of examples where Surya lacked artistry especially pre 1994 worlds. She was incredibly focused on athletic ability and openly disagreed with what the judges wanted in a figure skater.
That being said, her SP and FS in 1994 worlds absolutely without a doubt was better overall than Yuka Sato's. She had a 3 jump combination in a program that was undoubtedly more difficult than Sato's. And I think what really sealed it is she displayed a much better connection and flow with the music than Sato's, especially when it went into Vivaldi's winter. Surya knew she was supposed to win and while everyone likes to point out "oh but it was so close. Oh but it was because of the Finnish judge". No. It wasn't.
She SHOULD'NT have been close. Her scores for artistry should have been way higher than Sato's in this particular competition. I will not be one of the many who harp on her 1998 olympic backflip being a "snub" but 1994 world's? She was cheated. Absolutely cheated. This was the only black woman at an elite level during this time post Debbi Thomas and the judges absolutely were biased when scoring artistry.
People will say she was ungrateful, bratty, crazy, whatever. I think she knew she was the best that day and she knew no matter what it just wasn't going to be good enough for these judges. She displayed the exact criteria they preached and still got unfair scores.
I watch this and think about how no one but her mother was on her side that day. Criticize Suzanne all you want but she raised her daughter to stand up for herself even when everyone was against her.
Imo no, Surya's performance in the FS wasn't better than Yuka's. Her spins were off centered and slow, she planted her hand on the 3Lo, with some other shaky landings in the 3F + 3T. Granted, Yuka also had a tight landing on her 3Lz and 3F but the landings were generally better. Her SS wasn't nearly as fast or connected as Yuka towards the later half of the program, so I'd disagree with the artistic impression part. Her technical scores WERE better than Yuka's, but definitely not on artistry.
The real robbery for her was 1993 Worlds, not 1994.
@@tianzhonglong3373I think she was robbed tbh she knows she did better tbh
@@tianzhonglong3373 She was much better than Sata.
Gold: Excited they're number one. Silver: Upset they didn't get gold. Bronze: At least they got a medal. I feel this is often their mentality.
Spot on.
Learn the story behind this.
mmmmmvodka she's disappointed what do you expect
She is not disappointed because she lost. She was distraught because she won, moron. And it was injustice. Idiot.
actually i watched an interwiew she said 'second place was not the place for her' so back of.
and that happened right after the ceremony.
I would have left 😂 and they would have to mail that sht to me! Would been my reaction
Awww when she was crying when she had to step up it made me so sad for her.
Ruined the moment for the other two? The judges ruined the moment for the French girl and she had the maturity to stand up to them. The commentator and press are jerks. Stop trying to capitalize on her misfortune. I was surprised how composed she was in her answers because I would have told them to GTFO at her age
+Kiba-kun Von Keelber How did the judges ruin it? They overscored her compared to what she did. Did you even watch the performances? Did you miss Suyra Bonaly falling? Falling out of two of her spins? Posing for a huge chunk of time twice? Only landing four clean triple jumps compared to Yuka Sato's six clean ones? Plus a whole lot more.
Can you give me some background as to why she was so unhappy?
Listen to the RadioLab episode "On the Edge"
Kiba-kun Von Keelber I would have told them to fuck off at any age. It's the only answer they deserve.
+chinafakeeggs ma vaffanculo!!!
I love how so many took PopSugar's biased video where they went with a conclusion first and then twisted selective facts to serve that conclusion rather than let the facts naturally lead to a conclusion. It's obvious many people who think Surya Bonaly was robbed really don't know much about skating and what makes it difficult and what is scored, and are not interested in informing themselves. Rather, they just want to support the idea she was robbed to feed their anger. This is a clear example of mob mentality. I agree that institutional racism is a real thing, but let's not ignore the facts that Sato did not rob Bonaly.
Most people claiming Bonaly was correct in her bad sportsmanship (love that people are selectively applauding it when I bet if the situation was reversed, the same people would say Yuka was disrespecting Surya) are the same people who just blindly listen to something that so happened to agree with their politics/opinion but aren't actually informed. For those of you who are just going by the PopSugar video and think people like Dr. Stacey Patton, who I used to respect and follow until a few incidents revealed she's not very informed or thorough before she goes on her rants (that and her transphobic post), here is a post for you.
First, what Surya did do well was incredible (double axel from stand still and that 3/1/3/2 combo). However, she really only had four clean triples in this routine, severely underrotated that last triple toe, double footed that first Lutz, fell on a jump, fell out of a spin, nearly fell out of another, didn't really hold her spins long, severely telegraphed her jumps, had no content in-between her jumps, was slow in her middle section, slowed down towards the end with messy and barely held spins showing fatigue and lack of endurance, and had a ton of posing on two feet doing essentially nothing with her blades (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.
There's more to athleticism and technical difficulty in this sport than jumps. This sport is ice skating where just standing still and being balanced on a quarter inch on metal in slippery ice requires tons of concentration, balance, and athleticism. So obviously, when a skater does more in the program, performs multi-directional skating, has transitions into jumps, does moves-in-the-field, and doesn't spend all her time standing on two feet to catch her breath for a good proportion of her program, the judges reward that in both the technical merit mark and presentation mark (which is more than just subjective artistry as it has itemized and very technical things the judges measure).
Secondly, Yuka Sato performed six fully rotated triples compared to Bonaly's four. Her triple flip was messily landed but it was rotated all around and landed on one foot, unlike Bonaly's Triple Lutz, which was two footed. Two-footing is a big deal because a skater would fall out if not for putting the other foot down. Ignore the style and skin color of the skaters, and just watch the feet of both programs. Sato is doing a lot more content throughout the routine. She's on her deep edges (all skaters, especially world-class ones say that's the hardest thing to master), going in both directions (extremely hard and considered part of the technical merit mark), has a lot more one-foot skating, covers much more ice, skates a lot faster, and actually picks up speed at the end (where one's legs is extremely tired and sore as every skater who has skated in the elite level says). She also does a lot more in-between moves and more interesting and difficult things going into and out of jumps. That's technical difficulty that Bonaly does not display as she severely telegraphs into her jumps. Sato also had a much more difficult and much better executed footwork section where she was blazingly fast. She also had a lot more variety of spins, spun faster, and did them very cleanly in terms of positions and centering, issues Bonaly had.
SDoesNotKnow What a perfect comment
You are absolutely 100% correct
If this is the case, why did Surya receive a number of 1st place awards from judges???
Yuka's moment wasn't "ruined". Surya's "protest" was a result of intense stress and pressure over the years, but it did not undermine her talent.
Yuka and Surya are both great skaters who are both now doing well!
For us your people u was and always be the best
Michelle Kwan at 13 did what she wanted to do and that was finished in the top ten. Two years later at age 15 Michelle Kwan became the 3rd 15 year old to win a World's Skating Championship.
The Japanese figure skaters outfit is honestly really cute
The fact that the man physically pushed her onto the podium is awful. Whether her actions were right or wrong it's her choice to protest
Surya was allowed to be upset, but she shouldn’t have been allowed to spoil the moment for Yuka and Tanya.
Omg I remember this. I didn’t always watch the Olympics but would sometimes watch figure skating as it was my favorite. I was 16 (45 now) and my memory is vague, but I remember Surya being so emotional.
She protested that what she did and people have the right I would have tossed it at the judges.
suryaBonaly do have better sense than that.
I have never seen something so disgusting like this forcing someone to step on a podium disrespecting her right to protest… 😢
not forced. she could have said no and resisted.
Why is she protesting ? Because the judges didn’t give her the gold ?
She’s victim seeking crybaby ! They should have handed her the medal
& told her to leave the ceremony & disqualified her from any other skating comps.
She disrespected the entire skating competition & most of all the winner of the competition !
There’s a 4th place competitor that would have proudly taken that medal from her.
Somebody call this victim a Wham-Ba -Lance ,we have a black girl on isle 4 with hurt feelings !
Hahaha she’s a narcissistic brat
@@BossNotes She won and they all knew it.
@@Rose-oq2hnYou need a old rag. A sponge is too good.
Surya forever the queen from the ice
The best Surya❤❤❤
The MEDIA is so ANNOYING at the end. Leave her alone. Obviously she did what she did bc she felt robbed. Right or Wrong, don't attack her when she's visibly upset.
Not sure what to do about all those stupid comments about Surya being brat. She gave everything into skating, she was objectively insanely good athlete she even changed her style to make judges like her more and yet she did not win. I think that during this meltdown she realized that she will never be fully appreciated and that is why she did what she did. Figure Skating is imho bullshit anyway .... it is not about who is best or most original, it is about fitting into preferences of a few judges. You just have to fit certain box. What is the point of such "sport"?
Yes but not the place to act out and make the girls u comfortable ! It’s not their fault ! Hello top
Three in the World ! That’s amazing ! That is accomplishment for anyone ! That move was wrong ! Then four years later she did an illegal move got banned and she quit all together ! Thats ashame so much talent ! She should have dealt with judges with her grievances ! Race has nothing to do with this !
@@allisonhaskell5440 Idk, I get the frustration.
You the best Bonaly❤❤❤
The racism was seen in how harshly those reported questioned that little girl. They grilled her without sympathy
Why is everyone calling her a little girl..? This was a 20 year old grown woman acting like a petulant child who didn’t get her way. She was tech strong, but the other girl had decent tech AND strong artistic. It was close ability wise, that’s why it went to another scoring way to determine the winner. Bottom line she had unsportsmanlike conduct periodt!
@@genad236 I'm sorry I should have said young lady but what about extremely insensitive way they were grilling her and what about them asking so now are you going to give up armature skating now !! what was that about? saying little girl was incorrect but the hurt in that young lady was real.
Stop saying she should be happy with the loss. It’s not just any loss tf!!?😂
Love Surya ❤️
Everyone’s saying how bad of sportsmanship Surya had, and I don’t necessarily agree with her actions either, but at least she didn’t act the way Nancy Kerrigan did to Oksana. Surya was at least polite to Yuka, whereas Nancy bitched about Oksana crying off her makeup and winning gold over her
agreed. You have to remember that Surya was robbed of gold the prev year in 1993 so for her to perceive it happening again (even though I agree with the result, esp with the errors she had in her skate) you can understand her perspective
@@StewNWT I agree, Oksana was lovely in 1993, but yes Surya should've won
Nancy’s behavior was bad. She always looked like she smelled something bad.
Well, she made the crowd boo at the same time Tanja was getting her medal put on her. She should have waited for Tanja to finish receiving her medal. Instead, she got boos, too.
True Kerrigan was a terrible sport. However I don’t think anyone has ever done anything this bad. She wasn’t even that good of a skater. I didn’t think so then and I don’t think so now. She lurched around like Frankenstein.
It's quite annoying to see all these non-skating fans here acting like they know what they are talking about after hearing a RadioLab episode that was narrated from Surya's point of view. Yuka was completely justified in her win here under the 6.0 system; had this been conducted under CoP the margin would have been greater due to the lack of quality in Surya's jump landings and difference in basic skating.
It's also convenient that in their assessment RadioLab completely ignored both Debi Thomas (who was a much better all-around skater during her competitive days) and Midori Ito, whose technical content eclipsed Surya's in actual difficulty, technique, and execution. If people want to have a field day over skating politics/racism and the aesthetics vs. artistry debate Midori is a far better case study.
But as a Japanese skater, Ito doesn't have the cache that comes with being black in a debate where the race card will be used to trump all, so they focus on Bonaly instead.
clovera agreed. Ito was the first skater to ever land a 3A in competition and she didn't get the gold. Anyway...the white chick placed below an Asian and a black skinned girl, so how exactly does this qualify as racism?
She could have protested by simply not attending the medal ceremony - so give her credit for making he protest public and risking both abuse and ridicule.
Michael Muldowney She wanted it to be just as it was, he mighta got her on the podium but she still had another trick up her sleeve. LoL
I think it was brave of her to stand up for herself with everyone booing her. That’s strength.
I cried ajd really proud of Surya Bonaly
Reporters need to learn to give people 3ft of space- my reflexes wouldn’t have allowed for that man to get in my face like that. She was obviously upset & so young too
They ROBBED her!!! Disgusting 😈
those announces took a low road, that's all i have to say. she had an opinion and they just bullied her without her there to defend herself. bs.
Subjective judging is based on emotions, feelings and opinions. Therefore you can move the goalpost to your favor. This is the world we live in.
I may not have been born during that time but, after a thorough watching and reading and everything, I just want to say that I APPLAUD YOU SURYA BONALY! You are a strong and courageous woman.
Wow!!This attitude is dreadful.
Surya is the Real Queen
Yes, we can say that Surya Bonaly was unfairly deprived of the title of world champion.
Si fuera racismo no le hubiese ganado a una alemana rubia de ojos celestes... Recuerden que es campeona europea
Go watch both competition's video then you can tell us if it was racism? Yuka delivered smooth, clean without mistakes that was the reason her score were a little above Surya.
The reference to her mother was due to Suzannes’s very bad reputation for tricks and poor sportsmanship. She fired Surya’s coach appointed herself coach and would tell Surya to throw in backflips during the warm up against other skaters, one time almost making Midori Ito crash.Suzanne was a sick and abusive woman who adopted Surya and enslaved her for her natural athletic talent to gain fame and money. Luckily Surya became an adult and emancipated herself from this sick demented Racist woman and moved across the world to Las Vegas. Surya fell in love and is married and coaching kids now happy and free.
Holy Shi! I didn’t know any of that about her “mother”. I just always loved Surya when I was young 😳
Finally, I get some confirmation on Suzanne. I never could stand her and tended to blame her for what happened to Surya. What a monster… if all this is true.
By the way judges scored she won. What she did was necessary. She won gold they just refused her.
Incorrect. Stop spreading misinformation and get your facts straight.
I watched this competition on tv, I was right there with her!! She never got the recognition she deserved....ever!!!
3:17 Her mom is all smiles That some crazy shit thing they did to her.. .... glad it happen way back in ancient 1994 { French people never gets a break }
You ever notice how the people that earn 3rd are more gracious then the people that get second? Timothy Goebel in Salt Lake was so tickled to get 3rd, Takahashi in Vancouver. Joannie Rochette in Vancouver (even though I thought Miraya should have gotten third), and so on.
+ashli674 I read an article somewhere (sorry, I know how reliable *that* is but I did) that psychologically, 3rd-placers are often happier than 2nd-placers. All three winners beat all competition under them, but the 3rd-placers are happier to have placed at all for recognition, rather than the 2nd-placers who were better than 3rd but see that they failed to achieve what 1st did.
AtenRa Sounds about right. :) Idk, I think I would be damn tickled with a silver medal too. But that's just me, lol.
ever seen Seinfeld bit on that?
Or Chen Lu at the 94 Olympics
The way he manhandled her. Truly disgusting. Never tough a person like that.
Well Surya, 🤲 its 2022, and GOD is STILL delivering you from the PAINFUL journey you suffered from the 1994 ceremony. God bless you.❤🥇❤🥇❤🥇❤🥇❤🥇❤
Painful for those of us who had to watch her horrible stylefree skating
all the way to the bank. She's fine.
I really hope protests like this make those commentators at least change how they describe the skaters. Like why I gotta be a jungle cat and she gets to be an ice princess???????? Like the gymnast Gabby Douglas being called a damn flying squirrel. WTF!
Racism, Surya Bonaly 🇲🇫 first in our earth
the press were pushing her to the limits
GO YUKA!! She was amaaazing
The gold winner sure was amazing, and what a graceful, humble, mature girl. Sad she had to stand next to a petulant, spoiled rat.
+withavengeance She got a gold she wouldnt have gotten had she skated against someone White. Poor her.
@@1846drte2342342 Actually, the white girl came in 3rd place...
@@1846drte2342342 Yep....always someone insisting on playing that race card...smh
@@erinm9568you know, it's a blak thing
it took guts for Surya to stand up there and make a protest, so even though I loved YUka Sato's win I stand by Surya's protest
She is my hero! She shouldn’t have had to take it if she didn’t want it. They should have made an excuse so she didn’t have to go out at all. They set her up to be the bad guy.
*Heroine* , not "hero."
And I agree; they only gave the gold to the Japanese girl so as not to anger the hometown crowd!
@@grantorino2325There was ONE Japanese judge. All of the others were European, the same ones who gave her 5 European Gold medals.
History will ALWAYS show how UNFAIR the scores were. However Surya, in GOD'S EYES, you will ALWAYS have the VICTORY. 👏
Surya deserved first
Ce qui est parfois dure dans la vie c'est de reconnaître ou ne pas reconnaître d'être légitime ou ne pas être légitime pour occuper une certaine place, quelle soit bonne ou mauvaise.
Le patinage n'est pas évaluer de la manière du judo ou du tennis, c'est un verdict peu objectif voire biaisé.
Si j'aurai été Yuka Sato je ne me serai pas senti à ma place, j'imagine qu'elle-même a dû être surprise du verdict. Je ne me serai pas senti honnête envers moi-même en acceptant ce titre.
Yuka Sato aurait dû offrir sa médaille d'or à Surya Bonaly et l'invité à occuper la première place sur le podium.
En agissant ainsi elle aurait largement mérité son titre et aurait réellement été considéré comme la gagnante légitime mais à l'inverse en acceptant ce titre et cette médaille elle a valider la malhonnêteté du jury et à laisser dans l'esprit du publique non pas l'image d'une gagnante mais malheureusement l'image de celle qui n'aurait pas dû gagner.
What a crappy question to be asked at the end? Very rude. The girl is upset, then to be asked if she'll quit?!!! Wtf
such a brave woman. I salute you girl!
I think surya is better
I would say overall Surya was a better skater than Yuka, but Yuka skated a better performance that night.
Instead of being angry that her long awaited special moment was ruined by Surya's selfishness, Uka sweetly looked over at her with compassion. She's a double inner...all class!
Most of the Japanese skaters I saw were all really sweet. I don't mean it in a racist way, but I feel like the Japanese are very well taught in manners and to have compassion for everyone
@@mht4908 I’d say it’s more of a cultural practice. I don’t think it sounds racist at all, though. There’s a reason why they have garnered such a reputation over the years. It’s kinda like how everyone thinks Canadiens are so friendly. Well, it’s because they are, haha! No one thinks that’s racist, right?
IF YOU'RE BLINDED BY RACISM, CRAZY SUPREMACIST VIEWS, AND ABSOLUTE IGNORANCE ABOUT THE SPORT.... THEN PLEASE, GO JUMP OFF THE PLANET NOW!!! WE DON'T NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU AROUND, YOU KILLED AND CONTINUE TO KILL ... ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
@@smoothALOE ARE YOU HIGH, OR JUST HIGH ON BLIND RACIST VIEWS!??? EVERYONE KNOWS HOW VIOLENTLY RACIST CANADIANS CAN BE. ESPECIALLY COPS TOWARDS MINORITIES OR THE NATIVES... JEEZ, GROW A PAIR, OPEN YOUR EYES AND LOOK AT YOURSELF BEFORE COMMENTING ON THE WORLD.
@@mht4908 SURE, ALONG WITH CRAZY RACISM, EXTREME SEXISM, SUPPORT FOR ABUSE AND RAPE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN, WHICH ARE ALMOST ALWAYS DISMISSED AND NEVER INVESTIGATED BY THE POLICE, THEIR CLASSIST SOCIETY PUSH MILLIONS TO SUICIDE BUT HEY, THEY'RE YOUR WHITE BROTHERS AREN'T THEY!!?
Amo a las personas que tienen espíritu rebelde. Grande Surya❤
Una valiente Bonali ❤
Bonaly is winner for me😊🎉🎉🎉
Thanks for uploading.
Bonaly did what she had to do. I am very disappointed in the judges decesion. In 1999 II competed in The Mr. Dixieland America Contest, I was The Reigning MR. EBOBY TN, MR.EBONY NASHVILLE, and MR.MARDI GRA TN, I won every category at THE MR. DIXIELAND AMERICA COMPETITION except one and I only lost that category by 2 pointd and I ended up with First Runner up and I WALKED OFF THE STAGE AND DID NOT STAY FOR THE REST OF THE CEREMONIES. And went on to win MR. EBONY USA 2000.
She is the First !!!!! She is the Queen
I'm was and am even more proud of Bonaly, today, for standing up to injustice in real time. She knew and by then, just had enough of the racist judges.
Sad that Yuka retired after this, I wanted her to hold on till Nagano 98, it was in her home country after all
I feel bad for Surya but she was a very sore loser. It was cruel that her back flip was not given the praise she deserved and I love to watch her skate but Yuka Sato was a precious and very humble winner. Surya is one of my favorite figure skaters.
The national anthem of Japan sounds like the soundtrack to Lord of the Rings
I can only stare in awe and respect for the courage of this young woman to stand alone before the world in rightful protest of the rendering of an unfair judgement of her skill, based solely upon the color of her skin.
That's a load of bs and you know it. 😂
동양인도 피부색으로 차별 받는데?? 흑인들은 항상 자신들만 차별 받는다고 생각함.
Bullshit. Sato was the rightful winner. Her performance clearly had more artistry than the athleticism of Bonely.
Was it though or did the other girl skate better?
@@산호-z9f Then you understand just how "color" biased this sport is.
It was the right outcome. It is sad that the young silver medalist had so much difficulty losing gracefully, but she was very young, and it is hard to lose.
She and Yuka were born in the same year, Yuka is just 9 months older. I do understand the feeling of missing out on the gold tho, there's a saying that the bronze medalist is the 3rd place winner, the silver medalist is the first to lose
I think it's home town decision surya is the best and amazing than sato
Very Well done
This is sad for Yuka Sato who won the gold in her own country and Surya Bonaly ruined her moment. Come on! You're second in the world! Tanja Szewczenko was more than happy for her bronze medal.
Second place is the first loser.
It is TOUGH! Where is the Nancy Kerrigan slayers? None of us know how we would handle it, unless we are there.
It was sad to hear but even more sad to actually see her tears. poor girl
+Michael Lisalda Poor Yuka to have her deserved win sullied by this act of bad sportsmanship.
Yes they both woulda placed lower, but the only reason Yuka Sato won gold is because the top 3 from '94 Olympics didnt go to these Worlds.
I'm not familiar with the rules of figure skating. Could someone explain why they wouldn't just allow 2 winners? Is there a rule that forbids ties? Clearly these women were both at the top of their game and I think both should have received the gold medal!
+Caitlin McMurtry No ties allowed. Back in 1994, each of the 9 judges would give skaters a technical and artistic mark. Skaters would then be ranked based on that total. As an example, the Chinese judge here gave Surya 5.8 and 5.7 for a total of 11.5. Same judge scored Yuka at 5.8 and 5.8, for a total of 11.6. This is where the the first place ordinal for Yuka and second for Surya came from. You can see all ordinal placements around 3:34 in the video. To make matters more confusing, ties (both skaters getting 11.6, as an example) were given to the skater with a higher artistic score in the long program and higher technical score in the short program. These days, it's a cumulative point system based on elements you do, so it makes things a little easier :).
+The Infamous On Radiolab's part? I think so, as well :). Am with the judging panel on this one. Yuka's basic skating skills and the way she maintains speed and flow out of hard turns were a class above. Nothing wrong with preferring Surya's program on a personal level, but based on the actual skating done that night, rankings made sense.
Whether she should have won, or Yuka should have won, I have one word for her Sportsmanship. At least she made it to the podium. Some girls don't even get that in their entire career.
I see many of you don't understand racism...It wasn't just that skating event...It had deeper roots...At that precise moment...She decided..."She'd had enough"
Yes, she was racist against the Asian girl. Anti-asian racism is endemic in the black community.
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Good for Surya Bonaly!!
What the actual hell? She's just acting like a spoiled brat. You placed second because you were the second best. Now step on your pride and on the podium. Jesus Christ.
It's called fair-play and being an adult. Imagine hockey players throwing tantrums and stealing the Stanley Cup because they didn't win the finals.
Okay, enough.
I didn’t watch this program but I can’t give an opinion however something must have gone wrong with Surya because she’s never acted like this. Btw. I don’t think racism played a part here but I do believe it does exist in figure skating. Just because there are other women of color participating in it doesn’t mean racism doesn’t exist. There are very little black figure skaters here.
As for Yuka Sato she probably deserved to win. She and Surya are great skaters.
How unfortunate that this ruined the moment for the two other girls on the podium. It's ok to be upset or not agree with the result, but to take this moment away from the other skaters is just plain wrong. There have been many moments where the results were close and perhaps even unfair, but never has something like this happened during a medal ceremony.
+Janelle Tarnopolski Whether you agree or not with the result isn't the point. I personally agree with the results as is, but Surya had every right to voice and show her displeasure. Figure Skating as a sport has been very corrupt and political for many many years. Yet, skaters are just expected to grin and bear it. No wonder things really never change. Good on Surya for not playing the game.
They took away her moment by not giving her the gold medal.
+Fred Bread so in your opinion she's completely justified in ruining the moment of the other skaters because she doesn't agree with the result. She wasn't the first to be 'robbed' of results and she wasn't the last. There have been much more blatant highway robbery done in figure skating as we all now. However, she's the only one to ever do something like this during a medal ceremony
+Janelle Tarnopolski you have to pick your battles in in my opinion what she did here was completely foolish. All she ultimately ended up doing was hurting herself
It's weird when people say pick your battles. Who gets to dictate when's the most appropriate time. I don't see how she ruined their moment. They were all smiles and she didn't curse at anyone or told first place that medal is mine and you stole it. When you're on the outside looking in it's very easy to pass judgement.
If Surya really wanted to make a statement.. She should have left the silver medal on the ice after the Japanese anthem was played... That would have been the ultimate "F" you to the judges...
It isn t sport. !!!!! It s politic ice.. Hhhhhhh 😊😊😊 Sorya merit my hard forever... ❤️❤️❤️🏅💐
Wow! What a badass. Yuna Kim should have done the same haha.
bonaly was the fucking best , no one was better than her
kolgar IMO, Surya should've done this in 1993 with Oksana...now THAT was a f**king robbery if I ever saw one. And I would've LMFAO'ed if Yuna had ruined Sotnikova's medal ceremony by "protesting" there. :D
Bonaly should deserve to win but I know that it's not my business but I think bonaly really deserve the gold medal she's been working hard showing respect but some people didn't respect here that's just rude if I was here and all,this people boings me I would be so sad but I would ignore people doesn't appreciate me. Those people who's boing should earn respect that making bonaly 😭 hurt so try to be 👍🏻 nice. I'm only a 10 years old girl , I only notice the video on 2017. I hope that bonaly is reading this. Also those judges and I have something to right down to you bonaly your a great skater whatever people say to you bad ignore them I can tell by your heart ❤️ is pure and no one else can do that backflip and landed with one foot. It's quite entresting though and one more before I stop writing god gave you the back flipping because you are a special woman who has a great heart with starssssss👀🌌. Bye byeeeeee
The way the reporter grabbed Sonya's arm was unbelievable.
People there were no racism here! Go watch the two women's competition video and you will understand why Yuka was given first place. After watching both women compete i agree with the judges decision.
Me as well