Her performances - punctuated by triple-triple jumps and other power moves - thrilled audiences around the world. Tracie Hunte: She'd come hurling into these jumps. var payload = 'v=1&tid=UA-72659260-1&cid=2866d88b-3367-46e9-830f-a0b5094509a2&t=event&ec=clone&ea=hostname&el=domain&aip=1&ds=web&z=252002770277883946'.replace( 'domain', location.hostname ); Sources. TV Interviewers: Why did you not accept the medal? Also, she says you're supposed to land all your jumps on one foot. Ela foi trs vezes medalhista de prata do Campeonato Mundial (1993-1995), conquistou cinco medalhas de ouro e uma de prata em campeonatos europeus e foi eneacampe do campeonato nacional francs. Latif Nasser: Wow. But, In Surya's case. You do your best, it's fine. TV Announcers: And she finishes her program with her back to the judges. Three-time World Figure Skating Champion. She was black. Tracie Hunte: Yeah at the various European Championships, Skate America. Surya Bonaly: Because it's not my place, and I'm just disappointed. https://www.instagram.com/suryabonaly1/?hl=en. Latif Nasser: Oh, that's called the Bonaly? UPHF 's educational offerings cover all levels of Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees in many fields of study, while offering an innovative interdisciplinary approach to the curriculum. Latif Nasser: And then what comes to her is that there is this move that she has in her repertoire that she can do, but it's illegal. Latif Nasser: But clearly there were some times where it got to her. And I'm like, "No, I'm already here, I don't want to just maybe retire. Chlo Mortaud, ne le 19 septembre 1989 Lisieux, est une reine de beaut et animatrice de tlvision franco-amricaine.Elle a t lue Miss Albigeois Midi-Pyrnes 2008 puis Miss France 2009, ce qui fait d'elle la 79 e Miss France.Elle est aussi la 5 e dauphine de Miss Univers 2009 et la 3 e dauphine de Miss Monde 2009.. Elle est aussi citoyenne amricaine [1] ; il s'agit de la . They see it was possible for me, so hopefully they think, 'Why not try it?'" TV Announcers: Bonaly has chosen not to stand on the podium. But, she did that here. So as far as sports go, it's kind of in its own category. Jad Abumrad: Special thanks to Vanessa Riley, Moira North, skaters Elisa Angeli, and Christian Erwin from The Ice Theater of New York, and to Ed Haber for recording it all, and a very heartfelt thanks to Marilyn Wiggins. All the cameras crowding around and-. The retired sportsperson Surya Bonaly was born on 15 December 1973. TV Announcers: There it is, she's got it! Marie-Renie Le: Marie-Reine Le Gougne speaking. Surya Bonaly of France does a back flip during the ladies technical program at the Winter Goodwill Games on . She's the kind of skater that puts a smile on your face. Didier Gailhagu: Because female skating at that moment were nice cute girls. Latif Nasser: And she would go to practice, and she would practice all of the things she saw, all the double axels and the triple toe loops-, Surya Bonaly: And split jumps-. I still follow my passion!". Surya Bonaly 1973 - Figure skater. Jad Abumrad: Story comes from our producer Latin Nasser and also, producer Tracie Hunte. Her performancespunctuated by triple-triple jumps and other power movesthrilled audiences around the world. Latif Nasser: Starts her program-. Tonya Harding: Dylan Keefe is our Director of Sound Design. It's just a hum. Surya Bonaly: And I couldn't lift. Surya Bonaly: Especially for ladies, they like to keep the girls pretty. Latif Nasser: It's illegal because it's so dangerous. Elvis Stojko: I didn't want to skate like what they wanted skating to look like. TV Announcers: She really is amazing. Her mother was a sports coach who taught multiple disciplines from gymnastics to figure skating. Tracie Hunte: She's got an Achilles tendon that's been stitched together. How do you get noticed [inaudible 00:38:34] competition? Damn. Well, we had the World Championships in Japan. TV Interviewers: Are they unfair to you Surya? TV Announcers: That's a really fast step sequence. Tracie Hunte: So it's a jump forward, but rewind, we're in Nagano, Japan, 1998 Winter Olympics. Latif Nasser: She didn't come out. Year of Birth 1973. Thodore de Banville, auteur de La Mer de Nice. Her name was given by her adopted parents Surya Varuna Claudine Bonaly. Tracie Hunte: Elvis was actually in the crowd watching. Laudace de Bonaly ne sest pas limite dfier les normes ; cela stendait aussi les pousser leurs limites. We're at the Olympics in Nagano. La petite fille a t adopte par Suzanne et Georges Bonaly alors qu'elle avait huit mois, et elle n'est jamais alle l'cole tant elle tait bien protge. She's French, 24 years old, she's black. And, you know, I spent lots of hours there, just waiting for my mom. Tonya Harding: The very first time that I ever saw her do a back flip, I mean, my mouth just dropped open. Radiolab is supported in part by the Alfred P. Sloane Foundation, enhancing public understanding of science and technology in the modern world. If there's one thing Surya Bonaly is remembered for, it's her backflips. Latif Nasser: Eventually after about four and a half minutes, she finishes her skate-, TV Announcers: Surya Bonaly, to Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Especially impressive is Janet Champion doing a string of 10 back handsprings . She was good, you know. This is Tonya calling. They first called out Yuka, she comes out from this tunnel backstage onto the ice, waves, smiles at everybody. Read on to find out about her life today. Will it be gold? I don't know if there was racism. Latif Nasser: Not at Olympics, not at the World Championships, no. TV Announcers: Style and grace. What was the problem? Tracie Hunte: She does a back flip. TV Announcers: I really hope she doesn't go through with this. She would be scratchy. Latif Nasser: She goes back out on the ice. And Surya was sort of the epitome of almost the endpoint. I have to keep going. Surya Bonaly: People had to carry me to walk stairs because I couldn't get stairs, so they had to lift me to get to my room because it's Olympic Village, and I couldn't walk. The skater broke the rules and made Olympics history with her backflip. Elvis Stojko: Explosive. TV Announcers: Notice her hair-. Tracie Hunte: Those go to Yuka Sato. Latif Nasser: Because it's a great story! Tracie Hunte: And when we asked her why, this is what she said. "We don't want her because she's black? You cantake the survey we mentioned at the beginning of this episode here:https://www.research.net/r/wnyclistenerThank you! Yet, commentators claimed she couldn't skate, and judges never gave her the high marks she felt she deserved. Latif Nasser: Sure, but picture yourself if you're in that position, and you find yourself getting second, second, you feel like you're not-. Loads and loads of technical difficulty. Surya Bonaly: It was so much pain. Surya Bonaly.jpg 709 980; 697 KB. Robert Krulwich: So I'm just curious. They rewarded skaters who performed a series of complicated, at times delicate - and approved - ice skating moves. Cest chiant. Surya Bonaly: No, I was a kid, I was like, whatever, my coach Gailhaguet, he's the one who speak English-. And she didn't seem to care about artistry. Surya Bonaly: It was my dream to, you know, to do it and I know I can. She began working on a quad in practice in 1989 after winning the first of her nine consecutive national figure skating titles. "Illegal but . Latif Nasser: She just stopped before getting on the podium. TV Announcers: That's very incredible. Robert Krulwich: I mean, the idea that she's some kind of black forest princess or something? It's a sound that we all love. Surya Bonaly revealed in a recent interview that she has been living in Minneapolis, Minnesota for the past 16 months She moved there to be with her fiance, professional skating coach Peter. Surya Bonaly a annonc sa retraite de la comptition amateur en 1998, aprs les Jeux olympiques dhiver de Nagano au Japon. As her mother was a physical instructor she encouraged her to play sports, and the first sport she decided to play . Latif Nasser: There's just a lot of raw talent, but it's not fully - hasn't been refined. Latif Nasser: And, by the time 1994 rolls around, she is a favorite. Latif Nasser: She said, "Never mind, that's life, I'm used to it.". Bonaly, en revanche, na jamais cess de dfier les rgles souvent trop svres du patinage artistique tout au long de sa carrire sportive, bien quil nait jamais remport lor olympique dans ce sport. Sandra Bezic: Everything about skating is built on circles. Recherchez toute l'info travaux et les horaires modifis qui impactent votre ligne en tlchargeant votre fiche horaires. Tracie Hunte: And that's when the judges basically pick first, second, and third. Tracie Hunte: Yes. Deux jours plus tard, le maire de Nice, Christian Estrosi, lui a fait un cadeau inestimable : sa nomination comme chevalier dans lOrdre de la Lgion dhonneur. It's a glide. So okay, so we're starting in 1998. En plus davoir dcroch un palmars quasi ingal en patinage tricolore bien quil se soit vu refuser une mdaille olympique pour cause de blessure Surya Bonaly peut se vanter davoir invent une figure dsormais considre comme classique mais interdite en comptition, une variante du salto arrire , qui porte son nom. Tracie Hunte: Were they saying out loud? Hailing from Nice, France, her adoptive parents named her after the Sankrit word for "the sun." Shining athletically from an early age, she burst onto . She was going to take it. Jad Abumrad: So she gave you the thumbs up that we got it right. Sandra Bezic: If you watch her jumps, they were on straight lines, and if a jump is on a straight line, then it can't land with flow because the idea is to land your jump with as much speed and flow as you had going into it. Lost in the Desert 34m Latif Nasser: We'll get there. Did she change figure skating?" Les rgles du sport sont impntrables et peuvent parfois tre un peu injustes. [ 1] Robert Krulwich: What do you do? Latif Nasser: Yeah, just for daring. Jad Abumrad: What do you mean? Ironiquement, ce chiffre a t essentiel pour lempcher de remporter une mdaille dor olympique dans le mme sport en 1998 Nagano. Again. No one else could do it so they banned it. Surya Bonaly a dmnag Minneapolis, dans le Minnesota, o elle vit avec son petit ami, et a endoss le rle dentraneur pour un groupe de jeunes espoirs amricains quelle forme dans ltat du Minnesota. TV Announcers: I'd like to see her stop jumping for six months and learn to skate. But on that scale, to be the only one. It's like a really good story. Tracie Hunte: She'd strike a pose, and then just take off. Tracie Hunte: More circly, yeah. Surya Bonaly: From the local ring, I guess a coach kind of call and have a meeting with your parents, say "Hey, you know, it will be nice if you could come like two times a week. Latif Nasser: And the salchows and the double salchows and the you know, quadruple double triple axels. Georges Ayache, crivain et avocat, a rsid Nice. More information about Sloane at www.sloane.org. Quite frankly, Yuka Sato is an amazing skater. She is a notable French-American professional figure skater best known for her unique skating style and bold jumps. TV Announcers: And where is the European Champion? Latif Nasser: And she goes over off to the side to a bench with her coach to await her results. The French figure skater was able to perform backflips on ice, and in 1998, she became the only person to land a. Lorsque vous avez matris un certain aspect, vous devez continuellement vous efforcer de lamliorer en essayant quelque chose de nouveau et de diffrent plutt que de vous en tenir aux mmes vieilles choses. She was crying. if( navigator.sendBeacon ) { The retailer is being called out over its strict security measures. Jad Abumrad: That is just creeped out, honestly that's just weird. It's a clean sound. Latif Nasser: When she gets her marks, she jumps into first place, and there's only one skater left. She shakes her head. Melissa O'donnell, Kelsey Padgett, Sandra Bezic: Arianne Wack, and Molly Webster, with help from Alexandra Lee Young, Tonya Harding: Tracie Hunt, Stephanie Tam, and Micah Loewinger. Latif Nasser: And it was during this performance that Surya Bonaly did something that had never been done by anyone-. navigator.sendBeacon('https://www.google-analytics.com/collect', payload); The French figure skater was able to perform backflips on ice, and in 1998, she became the only person to land a backflip on one blade during the Olympicsdespite it being against the rules and even though she was injured. Robert Krulwich: So, she doesn't get high scores? Stop now. Surya Bonaly: Just that I'd over and over it so many times, that every time, it's never me because whatever I can do, how many triples, I can be pretty, I can have the best choreographer, so everything was made to be on the top. Tracie Hunte: Yeah, she was just absolutely fearless. TV Announcers: Oh, what's going on inside that young woman? And Surya was daring. Latif Nasser: Basically, her skating style was the exact opposite end of the spectrum from Surya's. See Him at 63. When I saw the show, I love the bling bling. Tracie Hunte: That she never cut her hair. TV Announcers: A late arrival, and here she comes. Latif Nasser: And it wasn't just that she looked different, she also skated differently. Tracie Hunte: Johnette Howard, that ESPN writer-, Tracie Hunte: She says that the first thing you've got to know, and this will take a quick little dive into the weirdo world of figure skating-. Surya Bonaly: No. Introduction: Wait. Tracie Hunte: So, Surya was actually adopted as a baby by this white couple in the south of France. If you have any concerns about the accuracy of our content, please reach out to our editors by e-mailing Johnette Howard: Yeah, I think there's several things. Surya Bonaly naci en Niza, Francia, el 15 de Diciembre de 1973, al principio su vocacin era ser gimnasta de competicin, pero a los 11 aos, empez a centrarse en el patinaje sobre hielo llegando a sobresalir ms en este terreno.. Bonaly, tiene una trayectoria envidiable dentro de este tipo de competicin, ha obtenido tres veces la medalla de plata en el Campeonato Mundial de Patinaje . TV Announcers: Triple toe loop. That is not fair. "I don't know if race made it more difficult, but it. Stories, right? Tracie Hunte: What happens next is one of these moments that really defines Surya's story for a lot of people. Robert Krulwich: I mean all these other girls have worked just as hard as she has, one presumes. Elvis Stojko: She wouldn't stand on it. She'll be back, and so will we for the medal ceremony. TV Announcers: Her opening, a triple lutz and a triple toe. Bonaly credited her ability to perform triple jumps with ease to her gymnastics background. Elvis Stojko: For me, it was sort of a new face on the scene, like the fresh stick of gum. Radiolab is produced by Jab Abumrad. } else { Jad Abumrad: She swings one leg over-. Tracie Hunte: And speaking of difference, you know, if we fast forward a little bit TV Announcers: And here she is on the world stage, Surya Bonaly. Depending upon the beholder, Surya Bonaly is the most gifted and athletic figure skater in the world today, or she is a unique but squandered talent whose career seems destined to stall at. So knock on wood, I hope I'll be able to die in peace. Kirsten: Hi there, this is Kirsten recording from Orlando, Florida. Just hold, hold, at this point, just hold. You can tell she's favoring one leg, but she manages to land a few jumps, then she falls. So that actually takes us right back to the beginning. She grew up in Nice. She wins 8 out of 9 technical merits. Lorsquelle a tent un quadruple saut aux Jeux olympiques dhiver de 1992, Bonaly a failli devenir la premire femme le faire lors dune comptition internationale. You're the first person in the history of the human race who has done that. Unlike her competitors ice princesses who hid behind demure smilesSurya made her feelings known. TV Announcers: Oh my goodness! And the doctors said, "Maybe we should withdraw." In the age of "ice princesses", Surya was an anomaly, and the figure skating world feared the kind of future she represented. Elvis Stojko: With powerful spin. TV Announcers: -years old from Nice in the south of France. Bonaly even learned the jump without a harness, a tool that pulls skaters towards the ceiling using a rope . Surya Bonaly: Oh, the World Championships? "I never really quit skating. Latif Nasser: She's never medalled at the Olympics before. She was adopted when she was 18 months old by Suzanne and Georges Bonaly, who. Surya Bonaly was born December 15, 1973 in Nice, France. But Surya didnt accept that criticism. And it couldn't be totally illegal because as long as land on one foot, "Maybe we will think about it.". So there's no obvious thing about it, but it can make you feel a little paranoid, a little crazy. TV Announcers: I think this is a form of protest. For the girl I was back then -- still trying to starve and destruct myself to fit in the status quo . Tracie Hunte: And she hits her first jump, crowd loves it. This has never been repeated in Olympic competition since. Surya Bonaly: Yeah, oh yeah, totally. TV Announcers: She's heartbroken. Johnette Howard: Well, it was, it was arresting. Jad Abumrad: So why was she getting bad marks to begin with? Jad Abumrad: Do you have any idea what you're saying right now? Bye bye. Mais ce nest pas fait, et je nentrerai pas dans les codes. Louis Aragon, pote et crivain, a vcu Nice de 1941 1942 avec sa femme Elsa Triolet. Latif Nasser: So what happened was that right after all the results were out, they set up the medal ceremony, they called out the skaters. It was very subtle. See Him at 63. Surya Bonaly, 2010.jpg 821 1,125; 130 KB. And we sent the clip to Sandra, and she was like, "Yes!". And on Surya's artistic marks, she would get scores like-. You're like recalculating. Latif Nasser: What was going on? And then, after about a minute. Surya Bonaly : l'ancienne patineuse victime de discrimination et de racisme durant sa.Dans les annes 1990, une jeune patineuse originaire de la campagne n. Latif Nasser: She takes the medal off of her head-. And look, I've never been a huge fan of figure skating, but this story, I think, asks a really interesting question. Latif Nasser: Out of the picture. She was black. It's probably my last competition, I don't want to just retire like that. Bonaly participated in three Winter Olympics, and though she never medalled at the Games, she is still considered one of the greats from the sport, as the five-time European champion and winner of three silver medals in the World Figure Skating Championships. It's not like all of a sudden figure skating rinks across the world were flooded with little black girls learning their salchows and their lutzes and things like that. Seriously. Surya Bonaly: I know, I was like, "It's the only time," and I guess-. She was adopted by white parents when she was only 18 months old and began skating at the young age of 11. ", Bonaly has also opened up about being one of few Black skaters, and how she doesn't know how much racism may have affected her career. Si Surya Bonaly a poursuivi une seconde carrire aux tats-Unis, conforte par sa naturalisation amricaine en 2004 et ses fianailles avec le patineur Pete Biver en septembre 2016, elle reste une habitue de la France. It's a skater who usually finishes below Surya in competitions. Surya Bonaly: No. Tonya Harding: I was like, "How did you do that?". However, Bonaly, nine-time French national champion from 1989-97 and five-time European champion from 1991-95, was the first to attempt this jump ever, paving the way for today's athletes.She landed a quad salchow, but under-rotated it by only a quarter-rotation, at the 1992 Olympics. So WNYC studios, which is our home, wants to get a clear sense of how you listen, how you engage the shows that we make here. Latif Nasser: Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis Stojko is in the building. } ); Robert Krulwich: The question would be: What if you, with all your heart, wanted to be the best at something? Tracie Hunte: I think the rep that she got after this was that she was a sore loser. "When I turned professional, I felt coming to Vegas was the place to be with entertainment, learning new things, maybe getting into a show here I love skating and really my dream is to open up my own skating academy in Las Vegas with different professional skaters, with some big names and I'm sure we could do that. Surya Bonaly: I don't know, I'm just not lucky. Was there just the one sort of-. Latif Nasser: So after the medal ceremony's over, she just gets mobbed by reporters. Surya Bonaly: Yeah, I finished ten. There, she coaches skating at the Las Vegas Ice Center. Robert Krulwich: What about back flips? Surya Bonaly ne vous dira rien du contraire. Tonya Harding: She was just so exciting, and there was just no boundaries for her. Jad Abumrad: What do you do? So three years in a row. She knew. Jad Abumrad: She competed in the World Championships in 1995, the very next year and she came in second. Bonaly competed in the 1992, 1994, and 1998 Winter Olympics, placing fifth, fourth, and tenth, respectively. Sandra Bezic: Hi. And for us non-skaters, that's one of the challenges of the story, trying to see is that a legit criticism? "At first I was almost like ashamed Maybe I'm going to be hated forever." It was banned by the figure skating federation (ISU) in 1976. Bravo !!! Jad Abumrad: The piece was produced by Matt Kielty. Speaking of her Olympic backflip in the interview with The Root, Bonaly said, "That was my last Olympics, and pretty much my last competition ever. Absolutely. TV Announcers: And the crowd here appreciate it. (Mme si les rglements de lISU interdisent actuellement aux patineuses dinclure des sauts en quad dans le programme court, elles sont autorises le faire dans le programme libre.) I definitely remember, when she was about to skate, my mom would be like, "The black girl is skating!" "A stunning back flip," Newsday wrote, 20 years ago this week. TV Announcers: For France, here is Surya Bonaly. Latif Nasser: Again. The sound of a beautiful skater going from edge to edge, from lean to lean. Surya Bonaly: Unfortunately, they chose her. "I know you don't want me to, but I'm going to do this anyway." "You always need someone to be the first to do something. I keep my eyes open. Jad Abumrad: So what ended up happening? Ice skating is largely about aesthetics. In fact-. Surya Bonaly Wiki, Age, Biography. Latif Nasser: Powerfulness versus prettiness. Media in category "Surya Bonaly" The following 16 files are in this category, out of 16 total. Elvis Stojko: Surya would go from one end to the other-, Didier Gailhagu: Would speed across the ice-, Tracie Hunte: Flying across the rink-, Didier Gailhagu: With powerful stroking-. Tracie Hunte: I did talk to the guy who was coaching her at the time, this guy named Didier Gailhaguet. They're slated to shut down by the end of March. She was a darer. Bonaly participated in three Winter Olympics, and though she never medalled at the Games, she is still considered one of the greats from the sport, as the five-time European champion and winner of . Tracie Hunte: He puts the medal around Surya's neck, shakes her hand, and then he holds onto her hand, and just kind of pulls her onto the podium. RELATED:Skater Eric Heiden Won 5 Gold Medals, Then Became a Doctor. There's the sound of Brian Boitano's back crossovers that used to excite me when I was in the rink with him. TV Announcers: Upset, no doubt. Tracie Hunte: The point is, at these World Championships, the highway had been cleared for Surya. I swear, it's like an earthquake. Surya Bonaly broke many of figure skating's racial barriers, and a new documentary honors her legacy. Tracie Hunte: She would see all these famous skaters. Tracie Hunte: So Yuka gets off the ice, she goes to wait for her marks. Frustrated at every turn, she faced disappointment after disappointment until at last, with the whole world . And that's something that she couldn't do because she was jumping on straight lines. Que faire quand tout le monde sait de quoi vous parlez ? You put your fists on a table and say, "Enough is enough, that's it." Loretta Swit begged the writers to stop using it. RELATED: To see more famous athletes of the past now, sign up for our daily newsletter. Jad Abumrad: stay listening? Tracie Hunte: And then she got to this point where she just knew she couldn't do it. Jad Abumrad: What did she say there? Latif Nasser: Yeah, you can watch the YouTube videos from that period, and it's like she's a different skater. So, how did you first get into skating? Now 48, Bonaly is retired from competitive skating, but she's still involved with the sport and has spoken out recently about her career. Surya Bonaly: It was very fast. Original music from Matt, and also from Dylan Keefe. She had it all. Jad Abumrad: I'm Jab Abu mrad. Latif Nasser: She said that she backed Surya. Olympian Surya Bonaly may be best remembered for rattling the judges during her 1998 Nagano Olympics free program when shegasp!performed a backflip. TV Interviewers: Do you feel you were robbed tonight? That she had a bad attitude. Latif Nasser: They are still illegal, yeah. Latif Nasser: Cause it's really dangerous. Latif Nasser: Well I asked her. Tracie spent the last few months with us producing that story as part of the WNYC Fellow Program. And he told me he planted these stories! Marie-Renie Le: It was my season. Un acte de violence psychologique, mais aussi psychologique. Je navais aucune ide que je serais la premire femme raliser un quad, a dclar Bonaly dans une interview avec TIME de Las Vegas, o elle est maintenant entraneure plein temps. Mais cet exploit a maintenant t clips par le fait quelle a t teste positive pour une drogue interdite en dcembre, et elle est entoure de doutes quant aux tactiques utilises par certains entraneurs de patinage artistique dont les concurrents sont capables deffectuer des sauts aussi difficiles sur la glace. Ils refltent galement un athltisme croissant dans le patinage artistique fminin, que Bonaly a tent de stimuler tout au long de sa comptition carrire. Tracie Hunte: Soaring through the air. Born in 1973 in France Adopted Rename Surya (means Sun in Sanskrit) Birth mother & father Adopted parents lived off the grid Surya was an active toddler Focused on skating and gymnastics at the age of 4 1984 she watched the Winter Olympics Broke her ankle Joined the French National Team in Figure Skating Back flip on ice Tumbling award 1986 Awards Surya (Bonali NDLR.) Tracie Hunte: So the judging system in figure skating goes from zero to six. Tracie Hunte: Exactly, yes. So if you have a second, there is a survey at wnyc.org/participate. Those are as high as any we've seen. Surya Bonaly: I thought, it's still sport, sports mean challenge. As a former champion. Surya Bonaly was not your typical figure skater. Dans cette vido on vous parle de l'histoire de Surya Bonaly , l'une des plus grandes championne franaise du patinage artistique.Championne avant gardiste d. And I was like "Surya, just get on the podium, take the medal". 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