SURYA BONALY 1998 Nagano FS olympics championships

She's not just pure power, though I think she defines it.

Rather, her finesse is noticeable to me. There are skaters who can jump powerfully and not know what to do across the ice the rest of the time--how to hold their hands or show any grace at all.

I think this skate (even with the missteps) showed just how smooth and graceful she is.

I liked it. :)

I never cared for the way she set up her jumps, but I feel she took way too much criticism for not being artistic. I loved this program. It is one of my favorites of all time. That back flip really went well with the music. Her scores shouldn't have been that low. I also really liked her exhibition at the 94 Olympics.

her marks were so low for one because her jumps were not all there, she did fall, two foot and cheat jumps but the biggest hit was the back flip , i bet you she lost at least .3 to .5 for that alone . altho that was awesome haha i would of given her marks :P

I beg to differ!Of course she was hoping to get a medal when she went to the olympics!She only performed the backflip because she knew she didn't have any chances after the previous mistakes.Althought i love her attitude and also it was a very good moment from the olympics.But don't you tell me that she didn't care about medals! Otherwise she wouldn't took off her silver medal still on the podium, on the worlds, because she thinks that she deserves gold.

I was only 12 during these Olympics and I still remember this routine. =)

And I'm not sure why anyone would put in the amount of major work to get to the Olympics if they aren't serious. about winning. If her routine had gone smoothly, I really doubt she would have pulled that stunt.

Sounds like she knew exactly what she was doing there. She fell, therefore costing her a crack at the podium, so she basically told the judges, "I've got nothing left to lose, so fuck you assholes, and fuck your rules."

greatest. olympic. moment. ever.

This is why figure skating is a joke on the whole, there's probably only a handful of people who can do that. You're going to tell me it's not worth something?

Nice job Surya. Teaching those dumb judges a lesson to the subjectivity of this sport.

If you ask me, all this "being artistic" crap was total bullshit. Nicey nice girls like Michelle Kwan, Lu Chen, and all those other girls who were "artistic" symbolise that female skaters will always be soft unlike the male skaters who are fierce. Surya Bonaly tried to change that by attempting quads and backflips but the judges didn't like it because they didn't want variations of the female image.