Once penalized for it, Surya Bonaly speaks out as figure skating embraces the backflip: ‘Born too early’
Surya Bonaly successfully landed a backflip on one blade during the 1998 Winter Olympics despite knowing the move was banned. Surya Bonaly, the groundbreaking French figure skater long associated with the sport’s infamous backflip, is speaking out after the move was successfully landed legally for the first time during the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan. … Read more