Bonaly v Sato: 1994 World Figure Skating (Short & Free Skates) (U.S. TV)

HDp60fps format, American coverage (commentator: Kurt Browning)
Technical(Short) and Free Skate programs of Surya Bonaly and Yuka Sato at the 1994 World Figure Skating Championships. And the infamous medals ceremony.
L.A. Times excerpt (www.latimes.co... It came down to a choice between Yuka Sato’s artistry and dynamic footwork and Surya Bonaly’s gymnastic jumping, and the judges gave the women’s world figure skating championship to Sato Saturday in Chiba, Japan.
Bonaly at first refused to join Japan’s Sato and bronze medalist Tanja Szewczenko of Germany on the awards podium. Afterward, she quickly took off her silver medal.
Asked later what message she meant to convey, the French skater said: “It’s not right.”
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