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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