ice emperor

'Leo Bodman from Germany, the result after the short program is .just fall in love. . '

‘技术分：51．38。节目内容分：42．17。短节目总分：93．55。rank：2。’

From the backcourt to the frontcourt, after emphasizing his presence, Ilya Ivanov left the preparation area and came near the entrance and exit of the ice rink to start the final pre-match preparations.

Not far from him, on the seat waiting for the division, Leo Baldman stared blankly at the big screen of the arena as the on-site announcer reported his results after skating the short program, and remained silent for a long time.

The total score is 93, ranking second.It might look good, but what's the point?

There are three more guys playing after him, and the three most valued.

The previous ones, unless the total score exceeds 105 points.Otherwise, no matter how good the skaters are, they will inevitably fall behind the three in normal condition in the end.

'Ilya! ! '

'Ah ah ah ah!Elijah—'

Cheers and screams, the men's singles short program competition entered the second half, the 3 spectators in the skating hall all boosted their spirits, and gave support to the Russian legend, one of the three bosses of figure skating men's singles in the mouth of ice fans.

Applause and shouting, the Russian audience, which has a superior number of people, shouted the names of their own athletes, and waved national flags or self-made support flags in their hands. Unconsciously, the athletes in the backcourt preparation area looked at each other in blank dismay. I didn't expect that besides the "rare species" Louis Watts among the figure skaters, there were existences similar to him.

But think about it carefully.

After all, this is Russia, and Ilya Ivanov is a milestone figure, so he should be welcomed by the people of his country.

They, the only thing they are curious about now is what kind of reaction the audience will have when another figure skating darling enters the stage later.

You know, the young man who is watching the real-time screen in the back court without blinking at this moment is the real king who rules the entire figure skating world.

"...Ilya, in 18 years, what I need to say, what I should say, have all been said many years ago."

"My child, I watched you succeed with pride, and watched you endure the pain with sadness, almost thinking that you would sink here. I didn't expect you to stand up again and have a new ideal."

On and off the field, inside and outside the protective wall, Ilya Ivanov, who was dressed in white, with blond hair hanging down his ears and forehead, stared at him calmly with dark green eyes, the head coach who taught him from childhood to adulthood Listen to him.

"So, no matter whether your efforts finally come true this time, just do it with all your strength and don't leave any regrets. Anatoly and I will always be by your side to support you. Now, go to Ilya, once again Be our pride and let figure skating lovers all over the world remember you again. Use your performance to tell them that you are still the sacred, noble and undefeated legend, and the myth that dominates the European ice circle."

"Alexie..."

'The next player to play was Ilya Ivanov.From, Russia. '

'Ah ah ah ah ah ah--'

"At [-]:[-] p.m., after a long wait, the finals of this year's ISU International Skating Union Grand Prix, the three athletes who have attracted the most attention from the world are about to enter the stage."

"They are Ilya Ivanov, Johnny Wassenberg, and Louis Woz who are fourth, fifth, and sixth after the short program draw. Oh! Russians, the last Grand Prix Men’s Singles Champion and World Championship runner-up, Ilya Ivanov skated to the center of the rink to start the game. Next, it’s his time.”

The voice of the announcer, the cheers from the stands on all sides, and the commentary and commentary of the game broadcast live by many media around the world, Ilya bid farewell to his head coach, turned around and skated to the middle of the ice rink, and stood facing the referee's seat facing north.

Inhaling and exhaling, he straightened his body, raised his chin slightly, relaxed his shoulders, and placed his hands casually around his waist and abdomen.

The slender neck is slightly turned sideways against the solid-color performance clothing with simple styles and no excessive decorations, and it draws out an elegant arc with the line of the shoulders and back.

For a second or two, he closed his eyes.

Three seconds and four seconds, the 30-second preparation time ended, and the French composer Charles Camille Saint-Saëns' "Swan" was played again, and he started his own short program performance.

However, as the music played, his skating performance surprised An Yi, Johnny, and figure skating fans who had been paying attention to his competitive state and performance this season.

Because ah, the song that appeared on the ice rink, although it is still Naqu Saint-Saens' "Swan", that's right.But whether it is the way of playing or the arrangement of skating, it is different from the programs he skated in last season and the first two stations of this season.

"This is! The piano and violin version of "The Swan"?! The gliding movement... obviously incorporates the essence of Anna Pavlova's classic ballet solo "Death of the Swan"."

"This program! Ho, damn it...so last year's program is not "Death of the Swan", this year's program is. This kind of skating posture, performance aura, if there are no mistakes in normal performance, the short program is over In the future, the score will definitely be higher than last time!"

At the beginning of the competition, all eyes were on the show. Johnny’s sullen and angry voice advanced the program. Ilya Ivanov made a start skating posture, his expression and posture were extremely devoted, white clothing, white ice surface, slightly pale with a hint of Fatigue and sick complexion intertwined and influenced each other. Cooperating with his arm posture of pushing forward on the ice, his arms trembling his wings stubbornly, he slid to the front of the scoring judge.

next move.

Fingers down, wrists up, elbows down, freeze like a wave, rotate on the spot for a circle, suddenly raise the left arm, point the fingertips to the sky, and declare the dream of flying.

Ilya Ivanov's face was cold and expressionless, as he scanned the dark green pupils of the nine scoring referees from left to right, he revealed a struggle called "I don't want to".

Speeding up on the ice, completing the short program debut, the fluttering, light and heavy undulating crisp sound of the piano is like the ripples of the lake, and the cello plays the sad and cold main melody. He lowers his head and hands, and turns around, drawing two '3'-shaped tracks with the skates under his feet .

As he turned around, he clasped his left and right hands, his eyes were numb, and the corners of his mouth quivered and turned up, smiling nostalgicly.The right foot floats on the left foot, and the inner edge slides backwards in a large counterclockwise arc. After a breath, the right foot lands on the ice, rides on the continuous and elongated violin bass, brushes the ice surface from the outside to the inside, twists the waist and exerts force to fly high into the sky.

From the first week, raise your arms high and rotate your body lightly as if there was nothing. After a full four weeks, you will fall down and slide out with the outer edge of your right foot for two seconds. Parallel, with the five fingers of the left hand stretched, the tip of the wings, fingertips, touching the ice surface and pulling across the lake, cutting the hearts of more than 3 people at the scene.

then.

Sliding out of inertia and keeping his squatting posture unchanged, he suddenly swung his legs and accelerated to get up and join the rotation. After eight rounds of body posture in the "t"-shaped Yan style, he took off and changed feet in the air, and his left skate fell Support the body on the ice, squat down again and tighten the right leg, put it on the left leg and rotate it for six rounds at the backbend joint, stand up, and continue to rotate upright for three rounds, completing a set of combined rotations specified in the short program.

In the first minute, shortly after the end of the joint rotation, the third prescribed technical action, the squatting rotation of changing feet without changing positions, came naturally.The Russians, who are extremely strict with themselves, still use the front and rear feet to turn more than six times each, difficult posture changes, and a series of requirements for turning more than eight times, which has achieved the ultimate in this prescribed movement.

The music goes on, his performance goes on.

Turning slowly, sliding slowly, but this kind of slowness is only relatively speaking, it is a manifestation of tranquility, helplessness, and loneliness.

The short program has been going on so far, and looking at his overall performance, the difficulty may not be outstanding, but whether it is personal temperament, program style, or performance atmosphere, they have all been integrated together, and there is no shortcoming in the whole.

Borrowing from Johnny's comment just now, as long as he doesn't make any mistakes in the whole set of moves, it is a foregone conclusion that the total score of the short program will break through [-]. The only thing that makes people uncertain is how high he will score in the end.

"Damn it, damn it, does this damn guy look down on me? Why didn't this show come out last year!"

"Luis, I went to the frontcourt to prepare, and I will definitely beat him. I admit that he has performed very well so far, but he is not invincible!"

"..."

He did what he said, and dragged James Joyce to the athlete's aisle. Feeling that he was underestimated, Johnny was full of fighting spirit, and instantly entered the decisive battle state.

Sitting on a chair and waving his hands to send him away without making a sound, An Yi almost focused all his attention on the real-time screen in the preparation area, admiring Ilya Ivanov's performance.

It wasn't until the first minute and 25 seconds, when the program entered the second half, that he narrowed his eyes, pursed his lips, and silently calculated the Russian's score in his mind, predicting what kind of record he would create after skating.

At present, after the implementation of the new rules by the International Skating Federation, the world record for the short program was created by this person last season with the 1 version of this program.

Specifically how high.

If he remembers correctly, 107 points.

brush--

Hooking steps, changing edges, sliding the front outer edge of the left foot into the action, lowering the center of gravity and swinging the right leg to take off with force, the first technical action in the second half of the short program comes.

One week, two weeks, three and a half weeks, down and out, floating foot and left foot on the outside edge of the ice, twisting the waist and swinging the arm to take a big step, Ilya Ivanov is in a brave state, and the footwork is difficult to get in and out The Axel triple axel, the quality is still very high.

After that, the fifth technical action.

The short program stipulates that a combined jump must be performed with equal success.

There was a triple axel jump on the back-to-outside ice and back-to-outside toe around. Except for a slightly worse landing distance, I couldn't find any faults.

However, it may be a psychological effect, An Yi, who was paying attention to his performance, always felt that his skating movements were slower than before.Or, is he preparing for the next step to be executed?

Second minute and five seconds.

Just when An Yi was puzzled, Ilya Ivanov, who was skating slower and more tired, came to the arena following the background music after completing all three sets of jumps. Next, start suddenly, and start to execute the continuation step.

There was no shadow of snow on the white ice rink, and he returned to the place where it all started with his head held up and eyes closed.Rub the skates under your feet vigorously, touch the ice with the teeth of your feet to support your body, inhale and lift your upper body and lean back.His arms trembled slightly, and with great difficulty, he stretched out his hands again.

At the same time, the piano tinkling gradually became chaotic, and the cold and melancholy cello melody trembled again and again, and a long tone unexpectedly broke and continued, touching the listener's nerves one after another, and quickly climbing up three steps tense.

next moment.

Ilya Ivanov lowered his head and opened his eyes, facing the referee's seat and audience seats to the north, a fire of determination was ignited in his eyes, which were close-up by the live camera lens.

He was so burned that he forgot himself, when and where he was, and lived only for the ideal in his heart, and only for the wish of his life.

Summoning all his strength, he fluttered his wings like a miracle and danced wildly. The ice skates under his feet shone with terrifying brilliance, and he used various footwork along the 'o'-shaped trajectory to complete a section of extremely heroic circular consecutive steps.

In just over 20 seconds, the skills, difficulty, and all of them reached the peak, but it made all the audience inside and outside the arena and all the audience who saw this series of footwork feel sore in their throats and sore in their hearts.

For this dance where the light of life shines again, I feel admiration and sadness at the same time.Because all of them have realized that all these efforts are in vain, just a flashback before death...

chap!

After taking off and landing, connect to the last technical action immediately after the step-continuation, jumping to swallow-style rotation.

Unwilling to be influenced by fate, Ilya flew up and fell, and the ice blade on his left foot hit the ice without any skill, splashing ice crystals all over the place.

He seemed to be tired, as if exhausted, his right leg gradually bent inwards and gathered a little while the floating foot was rotating.The fingers of the left hand hooked the back of the knife, and finally the head and neck were covered under the 'wings', and the breath gradually became lighter.

But the other arm and the other 'wing' he vacated pointed to the sky again at this time, pointing to the sustenance of his soul and the home of his life.Drive the body, after eight circles in the standard Yan pose, turn into donut rotation and return to silence.Riding on the lighter music, the speed slowed down and fell asleep.

Sky, ice rink.

Life and dreams, ideals and reality.If you disagree, please don't interrupt me, please don't wake me up, at least, let me die with a beautiful dream.

me……

Although doomed to fall, the will will live forever.

The soul... will always embrace this piece, the place I love.

"..."

"..."

"... Me, my God! The artistic expression of this Russian is, it's just, it's—"

'Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah! ! ! ! ! '

'Ilya! '

'Ilya! '

'Ilya! '

'Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah! ! '

'By God, immortal Ilya Vladimirevich Ivanov! !You will always be the whitest snow in Russia!The purest light! ! ! '

'...'

"ow, listen to the amazing applause at the scene, Ilya Ivanov successfully completed his short program performance."

"But God please tell me, what should Louis and Johnny do? As a supporter of both of them, I can't help but worry about their performance later. This is not an exaggeration, because the show just now, the legendary Russian The acting was truly amazing."

On and off the field, just as Ilya Ivanov curled up with his fingers in the sky to finish the game, Joe Baker from CBC in Toronto, Canada, also began to express his comments.

After watching the extremely cold and desperate program just now, he said that he almost lost his breath.

The reason is undoubtedly that the Russians surpass all artistic expressions, as well as the atmosphere of the music that is very compatible with his temperament.

"The Swan", "The Death of the Swan", and the reluctance to give up the struggle, the combination of the three combined with Ilya's own story and performance, is simply wonderful to the extreme.

Probably shouldn't say that, but!If it is lost to such a program, I believe no one will complain.On the contrary, if he wins, unless he surpasses Ilya Ivanov just now in terms of artistic expression, he will definitely attract criticism.

"...Yes, as I said just now, I am really worried about Louis. It is undeniable that he has always dominated the pinnacle of difficulty in the men's singles figure skating field. But today, unless Louis presents the Salt Lake City performance skating In terms of program performance, it might be a better choice to lose the short program.”

"Oh, the slow motion replay starts, look here, look at this opening that sets the tone for the whole show. Look at Elijah's expressionless face, eyes that can't describe his emotions in words. I have to say, I really can't understand He's asking for more, and even though his two quadruples are relatively easy, there's no reason for me to suggest he try to make the program more difficult."

The cheers continued on the ice rink, the Russian flag fluttered and danced. After finishing the game, Ilya Ivanov faced the four sides of the stands one by one. He simply thanked the audience for their support. After getting on the equal score seat, I looked directly at the big screen showing the game results and waited for my score.

At the same moment, the slow-motion replay started, and Johnny took off his skates and stepped onto the ice rink to prepare for the game. Joyce, with a serious expression, glanced at Alexie who was looking at him from behind, closed his eyes and opened them once. After taking a deep breath, he raised his palm and called Johnny who was confirming his physical condition on the ice to his side.

A duel of legendary athletes?

Heh, not only that, there is also a coaching level competition that has not been pointed out by anyone, but it really exists, the duel of legendary coaches!

Alexie, wait and see!I am the coach who will rule the future of ice hockey.you?It's old, it's time to give up your position and let someone else take your place.

"Listen, Johnny, I want you to memorize your short program..."

From athletes to coaches, the flames of war are spreading more and more.

In the front and back courts, in the preparation area, An Yi was still watching the real-time screen.

The picture was played, close-up, and freeze-frame, and when Ilya finally stopped at the movement of raising his finger to the sky, he exhaled a long breath to cheer up his mood.He relaxed back and leaned back on the chair, and looked in the direction of the line of sight on his cheek.

Just ...

How should I put it, would the reaction of these people be too exaggerated?

The staff of the national team who don't know his true strength, after watching Ilya Ivanov's performance, it's okay to be on the verge of a big enemy. Dad, you who know my strength, why are you joining in the fun?

Yes, yes, I admit that it is difficult to surpass the performance of the Russians just now, but it is only difficult, not impossible.

Even if my artistic expression is a bit weak, isn't there technical difficulty to make up for it?

"What should I do, son, it looks like you are really going to lose."

"...Ah? Dad, I didn't hear what you said."

Eyes crossed and thoughts flashed, just when An Yi was very unambitious and thought of defeating Ilya Ivanov through technical difficulties, An Zexian, who was even more unambitious than him, spoke up.

"Why didn't you hear clearly just now? You know what I said. Although Dad and Xiao Li don't know much about artistic expression, they still have appreciation. After watching Ilya's short program just now, Dad will ask you How can you compare it with other people's performance? Just rely on your "Piano Lesson"? Come on, don't tease me, my son, who doesn't know that this season, you put your mind and focus on the free skating program."

"..."

After listening, silence, speechless, An Yi admitted that his father might be right.

However, before his short program skating, it is too arbitrary to assert that his "Piano Lesson" is not as good as "Death of the Swan"?

You know, although he doesn't seem to have specially prepared this short program, for such a long time from last season to this season, he has used this set of movements for training, having fun, relaxing, and adjusting the state of body gliding.No matter how you say it, even if this program was not good before, it should have been polished by now, so there is no need to make special preparations.

"...Dad, how about we bet on this short program?"

Feeling unhappy, but didn't show it on his face, the shrewd An Yi decided to let his old man suffer, and remember the lesson of underestimating him.

"Bet? What bet?"

"Of course it's a bet on your son whether I can beat "Death of the Swan" with that set of "Piano Lesson". As for the bet, it's very simple. If I lose, I will wash your clothes for half a year to relieve my mother's burden. Find a few programmers to do something, and upgrade the forum website once."

"..."

Suggestion, silence, roles were reversed, this time it was An Zexian who restrained his voice, and looked at his son with his own thoughts.

Just now, the reason why he said that was not really discouraged, but he wanted to arouse his own boy's competitive spirit in that way.In the end, it was not bad, but it seemed a bit too much.

Let's put it this way, in the face of the program just now, it is a good thing not to admit defeat and have confidence. Blind confidence and too much self-esteem are very problematic.

He plotted against him again, made a bet with him, took advantage of it, right?

Okay, I hope he loses the same result as last time.He couldn't do such a thing as wronging his precious son to help him wash clothes for half a year, even if he really wanted to see that scene in his heart.

"Sure, I'll do as you say. However, let me declare in advance that all underwear and socks have to be washed, and all suits will be handed over to you. Don't worry if they get washed."

Snapped.

They held up their palms and reached an agreement. In just two to three minutes, An Yi and An Zexian bet on the short program match to be held amidst the dumbfounding expressions of the nearby national team staff.

Just at this time, the screen of the LCD TV displaying the live scene in the front field was switched not far away against the wall.

The camera returned to the waiting area from the highlights of the audience in the stands, and the cold and handsome image of Ilya Ivanov once again became the focus of the audience.

The applause and cheers sounded again, and the Russian who waited patiently and expressionlessly was unmoved. It was not until the announcer made a sound ten seconds later that he straightened his back and showed some reaction.

Under the close-up of the lens, the extremely focused dark green eyes are like a piece of fine jadeite, and the divine light is flowing and moving.Looking at the big screen in the arena, watching all the people paying attention to him, and watching the scores appearing on the screen, a smile suddenly appeared. From extreme indifference to the melting of ice and snow, everything recovered in an instant.

"Ilya Ivanov from Russia, the result after the short program is—"

‘技术分：6０．45。节目内容分：47．55。短节目总分：108。rank：1。’

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The author has something to say: Ilya Ivanov, short program "Death of the Swan": (piano cello).

技术分：开场，4s（10.5+2=12.5），换足的联合旋转ccosp4（3.5+1.34=4.84），换足不换姿势的蹲转cssp4（3.0+1.2=4.2），后半：3a（8.5*1.1；9.35+2=11.35），4t+3t*1.1（10.3+4.3*1.1，16.06+1.4=17.46），stsp4接续步（3.9+1.5=5.4），跳接燕式转fcsp4（3.2+1.5=4.7）=60.45

节目内容分：滑行技术：（9.50）步法连接：（9.45）完成表现：（9.51）编排构成：（9.56）音乐表达：（9.53）=47.55

Total score: 108.

I am in danger.