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In September and October, when the school starts and the National Day, when the people of the whole country are celebrating the seven-day long holiday, the preparations for the new season of Anyi have also come to an end.

On October 15th, after several meetings and discussions, and two national team test skating games that were not open to the outside world, An Yi's 2-3 season's game program was officially released.

The short program continues to use the program "Piano Lesson" at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, and the free skating is determined to be an edited version of the most famous symphonic poem "Dance of the Skeletons" by French composer Charles Camille Saint-Saëns.

It was followed by a coincidence or on purpose, not long after An Yi revealed the details of the two programs, as if in response to his participation in the Legendary Battle with the theme of "Dance of Skeletons" and death. Ilya Ivanov, who made a mistake in the short program and eventually lost to Johnny unexpectedly, also announced his "answer" of the season through the European media.

The short program also came from last season's short program "Death of the Swan", and the free skating chose the theme "resistance" that An Yi once skated.

The music was beyond everyone's expectations, setting Chopin's "First Ballade".It caused the outside world to be amazed and inexplicable after learning about this incident, and they all began to think about why these two legendary men's figure skating men's singles players did not take the usual path this year.

"The First Ballade" vs "Dance of the Skeleton", on the correctness of the theme of free skating. '

'Short Program: Failed, Matched, Controversial.Who will achieve perfection in the new season and complete their own redemption?Is it Russian, Ilya Ivanov, or Chinese, Louis Woz. '

——Ukrainian Comprehensive Sports

'Fighting against death, do the mourners sprinkle the dust to bury the older generation, or do the new legends fall into their own graves and perish? '

'Our newspaper's exclusive analysis, the deep connotation of ballads and symphonic poems.Two tunes are not as simple as it sounds. '

- United States Federal Sports

The 'isu survey shows that the legendary duel has sparked an upsurge in watching games, and the sales of tickets for the new season have come out of the haze of last season. '

'The China Cup ticket sales data is gratifying. The [-] tickets for the Shanghai Benz Ice Center were sold out in just seven days.The influence of figure skating in China is ushering in explosive growth. Why?The world's top local players have attracted widespread attention. '

——China Information Statistics Online

In mid-October, when the major networks and sports media were analyzing the two programs of An Yi and Ilya Ivanov from various angles, the first shot of the new season was officially launched, and the first score of the isu Grand Prix The U.S. leg of the race starts.

In this station, although there is another men's singles player from the Chinese national team, An Yi's good brother Johnny Wasenberg, and his old opponent Joel Duroc, An Yi who is in the national team training hall No time to pay attention, seize the last bit of time to revise and adjust the two sets of programs for the new season.

Take the less energy-intensive short program "Piano Lesson" as an example. After adjusting the sequence of technical movements, modifying the types of successive steps and rotations, he also enriched the body joint movements during skating, in order to achieve the task of "breaking the boundaries" one or both of them.

It's just that if you don't try it, you don't know. After trying it, he really despaired of several aspects of the task requirements.I feel that if the skating and footwork items are required, the technical content is divided into sub-items 'sliding skills' and 'footwork connection', and it is relatively easy to see the hope of completion if it has accumulated 10 outstanding evaluations of 9 or above.

For the requirements of the artistic performance item, the content score of the short program program should reach 48 points or more 10 times, and the content score of the free skating program should reach 98 points or more 10 times, which is completely harsh and perverted to the extreme.Not to mention the challenge mission, 'The Beauty of Figure Skating', which goes a step further and requires the content of the program to break through 99 points and 3 times.

thump--

"Hey, the fall hurts? If it doesn't hurt, keep practicing. Dad is still waiting to see your boy Axel shock the world with his quadruple jump. Don't discourage me first."

"Remember, after practicing for nearly a year, you have already turned around for more than four weeks, and you are only half a week away from falling on the ice and sliding out. As long as you complete these four steps, my son, people all over the world will bow down at your feet."

"..."

Capital Stadium, in the No. [-] training hall of the figure skating national team.

Holding in his hand the artifact 'fishing rod' that helped An Yi 'quickly' practice the hook jump around, An Zexian saw his son try 4a again and fall down again, fearing that he would be discouraged, so he quickly changed the topic to activate the atmosphere. Can't get a response.

Without answering the words, An Yi kept staggering on the ice, with his lower body still in a split-leg split position.Leaning and throwing out three 'just bad', I looked at Lao Tzu in a disguised form of encouragement, breathed out a grunt of unknown meaning through the nasal cavity, lay on the ice with the upper body tilted, the skates under the feet were close to the end of the heel, and continued to vent. Knocking on the ice, a fluff of shiny ice crystals splashed.

Looking at him, An Zexian, who was holding an artifact fishing rod in his hand and followed him up and down, raised his eyebrows and smiled, bent his legs very crisply, and sat cross-legged beside him, waiting for him.

Because he knows that with his own kid's character, although he will be hit by difficulties, he will never give up and will only become more and more courageous.

From the past to the present, how many years have passed, and how many figure skating techniques have been honed in this way.He, I believe this time will be no exception.

"...Dad, how is the situation in the US station?"

Lying on the ice, silent for a long time, An Yi, who recorded through the system video with his eyes closed and repeatedly reviewed where Axel's quadruple jump was wrong, suddenly made a sound, concerned about the situation of the first race.

Knowing his son Mo Ruofu, An Zexian, who knew what he was asking, didn't mention Johnny, and directly talked about the performance of the national team players in the sub-station.All the way from ice dance to women's singles, there is no doubt that the final focus is the pair and men's singles, which have been getting better and better in recent years.

In the process, in An Zexian's own words -

Due to the long-term efforts of the duo, the pair of Wang Xinyue and Chen Jiankai finally defended the cloud and saw the moon, which was recognized by the referee.Since the 2 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, every international competition I participated in, the term, fame and attention have improved to varying degrees.

Last season, yes, it was the last season when An Yi rested. At the World Figure Skating Championships held in March, the two broke through history and created a miracle. They won the first silver medal in pair skating at the World Championships in Chinese history!

Many elderly people in the duo were so happy that they wept with joy, and Liu Peiquan, a stubborn old man, got drunk at the celebration banquet regardless of his health, and lay in bed for two full days afterwards.

Then there is men's singles.

Thanks to An Yi's birth, he has been showing his face in top international competitions in recent years. China's figure skating upstart image has been established, and his technical expertise has initially been recognized by many referees and coaches.

In terms of competition results, although the next generation who took over An Yi's class has not yet fully grown up, it is still worthy of attention.

The new generation who are fifteen or sixteen years old and can do one or two quadruple jumps can't be faked.Jumping big country, the name of the difficult figure skating, has been quite resounding.

"...The new news sent back this morning, Xinyue and Jiankai ranked first after the short program, and Liang Bin ranked eighth after the short program. This time there must be no chance."

"However, the team intends that you know it well and know that it is to use your results to train newcomers as much as possible. You boy, although you are indeed a well-deserved first brother in the men's singles, you still have to take into account the basic influence and human relationships. .”

After briefly talking about the performance of the Chinese soldiers in the US station, An Zexian sighed, and quickly compared the past and present of the Chinese figure skating career in his mind. Take two shots.

On the ice, An Yi was also thoughtful. Although he didn't know what An Zexian was thinking, he was still sincerely happy for the prosperity of the domestic figure skating industry.

As a person who has personally participated in this cause, while trying to ensure his own achievements, he certainly hopes that the development and influence of this sport in China will get better and better.

To be realistic, that would be more in his interest, wouldn't it?

brush.

Thinking of breathing in and turning over here, An Yi closed his eyes and meditated again. After reviewing the training video just now, he stretched his back and stood up straight. Auxiliary training device buckle on the abdomen.

next second.

He jumped up and down twice, moved his limbs and joints slightly, shifted his gaze, and blinked at An Zexian who stood up behind him.

then!

Regardless of An Zexian who had already realized what was going on in his mind to stop him, he kicked and turned the skates under his feet and rushed out with a whoosh.

Hurrah.The wind whistled past his ears.

Wipe it.Stepping on the ice, the skates continued to accelerate, rising and falling during skating.

Breathing in and concentrating, the blade of his left foot completed three consecutive changes in an instant, the front outer edge, the rear outer edge, and the front outer edge. After changing the blade three times, the sliding direction did not change. The arm is assisted by a bottom-up swing arm.

Cooperating with the right leg that has been floating in the air before, from obliquely back to upward, swung the leg to rise into the air, and at the same time, the arms that were swung upwards were quickly tightened and crossed in front of the chest, the waist and abdomen were straightened, the shoulders were tightened, the neck was retracted, and the body swung along with it. Move your right leg, and the counterclockwise inertia brought by the jump will rotate rapidly.

first lap.

Second lap.

third lap.

Fourth lap.

Fourth and a half laps!

The body lowers, the outer edge of the right ice blade lands steadily on the ice, the left leg stretches and slides out for two seconds, and the floating left foot ice blade falls to take a big step!

An Zexian, who was shocked to see how he completed the whole series of movements, subconsciously let go of the fishing rod artifact he was holding and fell on the ice.

Surprised nearly ten people, one-man team coaches and athletes who were training near the ice rink, those who sprayed water during the water break, exclaimed and stared.He lost his composure and made a wrong hand, tearing up the training schedule in his hand.

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The author has something to say:

Axel jumps, jumps forward from the front, and slides out of the ice on the back.

Therefore, the same number of cycles is always half a cycle longer than other jumps.The difficulty is naturally greater.