During her final free skate at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, French figure skater Surya Bonaly performed a backflip and landed it cleanly on a single blade, a move that had been banned in competition since 1976. Knowing she was already out of medal contention due to a prior injury, she chose to execute the illegal jump as a deliberate act of defiance against a judging system she felt repeatedly undervalued her athletic power and style. Credit: The Olympics | History In Pictures
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Surya Bonaly landed a backflip on one blade during her free skate at the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano. At the time, the move was banned under Olympic rules. She knew it wouldn’t score and would likely be penalized. She did it anyway. Often referred to as “the Bonaly backflip,” the move was officially authorized in competition in 2024. Her moment remains historic. Source: Olympic Games Archive (Nagano 1998) | NWE
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23 years ago, figure skater Surya Bonaly pulled off a spectacular backflip, landing on one skate, in the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics. But it didn’t count. In fact, Bonaly was penalized because a backflip is an illegal move in competition. Bonaly had been the world silver medalist from 1993-95 but, at the Olympics, she was in 6th place with an achilles injury. Instead of doing her planned triple lutz, Bonaly wowed the crowd with a backflip that became an iconic moment in women’s figure skating hi
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Lors des JO d'hiver de Nagano en 1998, la patineuse artistique française Surya Bonaly a brisé les codes en exécutant une figure jamais vue en compétition olympique : le mythique backflip. À l’époque, la figure était interdite et sanctionnée car la réception se faisait sur deux pieds. Mais Surya a tenté le tout pour le tout pour ses derniers JO, atterrissant sur un seul pied et inscrivant son nom dans l’histoire grâce à cette acrobatie encore plus spectaculaire, saluée par une standing ovation. E
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