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>> ON THE ICE IN WHITE RING,
THREE TIMES WORLD SILVER
MEDALIST IN HER THIRD OLYMPIC
COMPETITION, YET TO MEDAL IN
THE OLYMPICS, FROM FRANCE, HERE
IS SURYA BONALY.
AND HER MOM SUZANNE, WHO IS NOW
ACTUALLY SERVING AS HER COACH.
SURYA
BONALY WILL SKATE TO
MUSIC OF DUKE ELLINGTON.
THIS IS CALLED "CARAVAN."
A DISAPPOINTING OLYMPICS IN
1992 IN FRANCE, SHE WAS FIFTH,
FOURTH IN LILLEHAMMER.
>> OPENING
WITH A DOUBLE AXEL.
AND AFTER THAT BRIEF WARM-UP, @
GOING OUT FOR A COMBINATION, @
SHE'S BEEN STRUGGLING WITH
TRIPLE LUTZ IN PRACTICE, SO
SHE'S CHANGED HER COMBINATION,
A HE WILL TOE LOOP INTO TRIPLE
TOE
LOOP.
THE SECOND IN THE FIRST ONE AND
SECOND ONE.
ONE FOOT, BOTH LANDINGS.
NO DEDUCTIONS, BUT THAT'S
PROBABLY GOING TO BE LOOKED
UPON BY THE JUDGES AS ANEASIER
COMBINATION THAN THE TRIPLE
LUTZ.@
@
@
>> SURYA BONALY HAD A CAREER
FILLED WITH ENORMOUS PROMISE IN
THE EARLY 1990'S.
SHE WAS REALLY REGARDES A
MEDAL PROSPECT IN FRANCE IN
1992.
COACHING CHANGES, SHE RECENTLY@
MOVED TO MARLBORO,
MASSACHUSETTS.
>> TRIPLE SALCHOW.
TRIPLE SALCHOW IS THE
EASIEST
OF ALL THE TRIPLE JUMPS.@@
CONSERVATIVE SHORT PROGRAM.
YOU WANT TO SKATE CLEAN, BUT
YOU NEED THE DIFFICULTY IF YOU
WANT TO COMPETE WITH THE BEST
WOMEN IN THE WORLD.
>> BONALY MADE THAT ME TO GO
INTO THE CAMP OF TATIANA
TARASOVA IN
MARLBORO, MASS, AND
OF COURSE TARASOVA IS HERE.
BUT ABOUT A MONTH AGO SHE SAID
SHE WAS GOING TO SPEND MOST OF
HER TIME WITH ILIA KULIK AND
GRISHUK AND PLATOV.@
SO SUZANNE BONALY ACTING AS THE
COACH.@
>> VERI'M NOT AWARE OF
SUZANNE'S LY PREVIOUS
ESENCE IN FIGURE SKATING, SO
I KIND OF QUESTION HER COACHING
ABILITY, BUT
SURYA'S ABLE TO
GET THROUGH THIS PROGRAM
WITHOUT ANY DEDUCTIONS, BUT AN
@
EASIER PROGRAM WOULD BE MUCH
LOWER THAN MARIA BUTIRSKAYA'S.
>> CLEAN SHORT PROGRAM FOR
24-YEAR-OLD SURYA BONALY.
SUZANNE BONALY, THE WOMAN TO
HER LEFT WAS ELVIS STOJKO'S
CHOREOGRAPHER, AHE LIVES IN
PHILADELPHIA.
THE BONALY FAMILY MADE ITS WAY
TO PHILADELPHIA TO WORK WITH@
USHI■ KEZLER PRIOR TO COMING
OVER TO JAPAN.
>> VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THIS
SPEED ON THE LAN OF THIS
FIRST TRIPLE TOE LOOP RIGHT
HERE.
UP, IN, STRONG SKATER, STRONG
JUMPER.
TRIPLE TOE LOOP THERE, KIND OF
LANDS @WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A
DOUB STOP.
ELVIS HAS BEEN WORKING WITH HER
IN PRACTICE AND HE SAID, YEP, I
TOLD YOU YOU COULD@ DO THAT,
YEP, GOOD JOB.
>> AND NOW WITH
SUZANNE BONL BY
HER SIDE, THEY'RE ARE THE FIRST
SET OF MARKS FOR SURYA BONALY.
@■
>> SECOND SET OF MARKS, SOME OF
THEM GO DOWN, SOME OF THEM@ PUT
THE SAME.
>> THAT PUTS BONALY SECOND
TO
MARIA BUTIRSKAYA.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH TRACY
WILSON.
>> MARIA, BEFORE YOU USED TO
HAVE TROUBLE COMPETING, BUT
THIS YEAR YOU KNOW HOW TO
COMPET@E.
WHY?
>> BECAUSE I HAVE A NEW COACH.
SHE IS VERY STRONG WOMAN.
IT'S VERY GREAT FOR@ ME.
>> YOU NEEDED
TO BE STRONG
TODAY BECAUSE YOU DREW FIRST.
>> YES.
>> HOW NERVOUS WERE YOU?
>> IT'S NOT GOOD START NUMBER
FOR ME.
BUT AFTER ME STARTING
, 27 GIRLS
.
TODAY TODAY IF I DOT@P
--
>> YOUE IN TROUBLE.
>> IF YOU DON'T JUMP --
>> YES.
IT'S VERY BETTER FOR
ME.
BUT NOW IT'S VERY HAPPY@ BECAUSE
THIS IS FIRST OLYMPICAME FOR
ME.
I
DID IT.
>> YES.
>> OH, IT'S GOOD.@
SORRY, MY ENGLISH.
>> OK.
THANKS A LOT, MARIA.@
>> STILL TO COME TONIGHT FROM
WHITE RING, TWO WORLD
CHAMPIONS, LU CHEN OF C
AND