A Performance to Remember
Not many people may be familiar with a French figure skater
named Surya Bonaly. Bonaly is one of the most decorated
individuals in women's figure skating. She won medals in nearly
every competition she entered.
Bonaly did not start out as many young figure skaters do. For
example, instead of learning to ice skate at a young age, Bonaly
got her start in gymnastics. From the beginning, she showed
promise as she began winning competitions for her tumbling
routines. Her excellence and competitiveness paid off when, at
the age of twelve, she won the World Championship in tumbling
From there, Bonaly turned her energies to ice-skating. Even at
that young age, she was getting a late start in a sport that many
skaters begin as early as age four. However, her strong
gymnastics background helped fuel Bonaly's quick and early
successes in competitive figure skating.
Bonaly soon earned praise for her powerful and athletic
performances. Her fierce determination to win was noted
Bonaly was a strong skate, performing extremely difficult moves
and landing them consistently. However, she soon found herself
"A Performance to Remember" explains that Surya Bonaly
challenges authority.
Which evidence from the text best supports this?
"She not only refused to stand on the second place
O winner's spot at the podium but also removed her
silver medal from around her neck."
"However, she soon found herself battling against
O strongly held stereotypes of what a women's figure
skater was supposed to be."
"This included ideas of a cool and aloof ice princess'
O or as 'cute as a button'-a perky ballerina on ice
skates."
"Her excellence and competitiveness paid off when,
O at the age of twelve, she won the World
Championship in tumbling"
Part B