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  • January 5, 2019
    导出博客文章In July and August, espnWs weekly essay series will focus on body image.?When I
    think of the years it took for me to accept my body as a vehicle both artistic
    and revolutionary, I remember Surya Bonaly.I first saw her compete watching the
    1992 Winter Olympics on television. With her electric eyeliner and sequined
    leotard, she was the frozen Grace Jones of dreams.?In Surya, I saw a
    representation of my own figure, which was described as too physical, too
    defiant, too sensual during my years of training as a dancer.Similar to me,
    Bonalys figure did not fit the contours and fragility of the ice princess; she
    was ridiculed by the world of figure skating -- often more for her physicality
    than her immense talent as an athlete. Some in the figure skating world pegged
    her as a rebel. Even enthusiasts who described her performances as wonderful and
    spectacular mentioned her excellence with the caveat that she didnt look like
    the typical ice princess.Of course, ice princess was just shorthand for the fact
    Bonaly possessed some of the stereotypical markers of a black womans body. She
    had a short, muscular stature with thick thighs and legs. She had dark skin of
    unmistakably African origins.In order to capitalize on the attention put upon
    Bonalys physical contrast with the pale ice princess aesthetic, and to bolster
    publicity, the French skating federation spread rumors about her heritage: that
    Bonaly was found off the coast of Madagascar as an infant, rescued from a
    coconut-strewn beach, the exotic juxtaposition of the jungle brought to the ice.
    The language that surrounds the legacy of Surya Bonaly is dangerous. The words
    do more to uphold long-standing biases against strength, independence and
    femininity than to further the integrity of competition.Bonalys dynamism
    transformed the landscape of contemporary figure skating. By the age of 22,
    Bonaly had already won five consecutive European Figure Skating Championship
    titles. She was the undisputed French champion for nine years. In a sport with
    little innovation, Bonaly trademarked the one-foot backflip, a move attributed
    to no other competitive skater. She completed her career as a three-time world
    silver medalist and five-time European champion.Reminiscent of the criticism
    women experience in the everyday world, the notion that a sport dominated by
    powerful women requires its participants to conform to a version of femininity
    that complies with stringent cultural normativity comes as no surprise. However,
    this should not be the burden of an athlete (or any person, for that matter) --
    to fit the talents and triumphs of an extraordinary body into one narrowly
    defined box.I must have been about 16 when my mother took my sister and me to
    see Champions on Ice. Surya Bonaly performed, fresh off her final Olympic run in
    Nagano, Japan, the place where, still recovering from a ruptured Achilles
    tendon, she debuted her signature backflip at the risk of disqualification. In
    Champions on Ice, her routine was not flawless. She fell while trying to
    complete a triple axel but finished smiling and waving with all the charm of
    Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco. The tenaciousness of Surya Bonaly makes her
    more of a champion than all of her titles combined.For the girl I was back then
    -- still trying to starve and destruct myself to fit in the status quo -- she
    will always be an icon. Ferocity in sequins, Bonaly performed one death-defying
    backflip after the other, both on and off the ice.Shayla Lawson is the author of
    three poetry collections: A Speed Education in Human Being (Sawyer House Press,
    2013), PANTONE (MIEL Books, 2016), and the forthcoming I Think Im Ready to See
    Frank Ocean (Saturnalia Books, 2018). She is a member of the Affrilachian Poets.
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