ice emperor

Shouting and chasing, An Yi was in front and Johnny was behind. Amidst the sound of apologies, two fit men walked inside the bathing center. They repeated this process three times in the order of flushing, steaming, and flushing, and finally scrubbed. After getting the dirt off his body, this bathroom 'date', as Johnny called it, was over.

At 09:30, after taking a shower, the two of them went to the coffee shop on the first floor of the hotel and ordered two glasses of juice, and chatted while drinking until ten o'clock.Afterwards, we said goodbye to each other and returned to the bedroom for a good night's sleep. When we opened our eyes again, it was already eight o'clock in the morning on December 26th.

After washing up and having breakfast, under the arrangement of the staff of the competition organizing committee, he participated in the lottery ceremony of the free skating in the afternoon. Under the happy eyes of all the organizer officials, An Yi got the number [-] and was the last one in the free skating.

Why are you happy?

good question.

Because of An Yi's current popularity, playing too early will inevitably have a serious impact on the subsequent games.

Worry?

No, no.

Those who think so must have selectively forgotten the tragic experience of American Joel Duroc in yesterday's short program competition.

'ISU Grand Prix Finals, the Junior Boys' Free Skating Competition, Kosuke Shimada was the last to enter.From, Japan. '

Hush huh huh.

Applause, applause, the time came to [-]:[-] noon, and the youth group finals scheduled for the morning in the same venue reached the last moment.

On the field, the Japanese teenager Kosuke Shimada, who came second after the short program, was the last to play, because of his fair and delicate appearance, he attracted a lot of attention from the field.

At the same time, in the northwest corner of the stand, An Yi listened to the music played on the field and watched the boy on the ice start to perform a slide, and Axel triple axel. , Hook Triple Week Jump, Back Knot Triple Week Jump, the completion can be said to be quite good.

However, due to the immaturity of technical strength, mistakes cannot be avoided in the end.

At [-] minutes and [-] seconds, the first jump in the second half of the youth group's free skating, the boy was too hesitant to take off when he was trying to do the quadruple jump on the outside of the backside. As a result, not only the number of cycles was insufficient when rotating the body, but also fell on the ice when falling on the ice.

The bang, together with ice chips and muffled noise, was unbearable not only for those who heard and watched, but also for the thousands of spectators in the stands all around.It also made An Yi shake his head and sigh secretly, wondering why the kid's coach allowed him to do so when he was not very sure about this move.

The reason why many talented athletes disappeared later is because they did not know how to restrain themselves and do what they can.

It's good to challenge yourself, but only if you fully understand your abilities.

"Wow, I think that really hurts, I kind of don't understand why he's doing quadruples."

"Hey, Luis, what kind of disrespectful look do you have, do you think my talent is not as good as that little boy with baby fat on his face? Back when I was his age, I used to jump around on the ice The success rate has been quite stable. Unlike him, who is obviously not sure, but wants to show off in front of his idol."

In the stands, Johnny and An Yi, who watched the men's singles final of the youth group together because of different attention targets, talked and listened to each other, and soon the competition belonging to the youth athletes came to an end.

In the final ranking, Anatoly Ivanov, the son of Russia, won the first place, and Howard Nutter, the dark horse of the United States, won the second place with his stable performance. No.3 belongs to the Japanese teenager Kosuke Shimada who made an unfortunate mistake in trying to do the quadruple jump, but it is obvious that he is very unwilling to see the expression on his face.

Especially in the process of awarding medals, the moment the stadium camera projected a close-up of An Yi in the audience on the big screen of the stadium, this unwillingness and dissatisfaction with himself reached the extreme.

next time!

He will definitely try to do better next time, and work [-] times harder to keep his mistakes out of the game.

absolute!absolute!I can no longer let my idol see my embarrassed side, absolutely not!

Hush huh huh.

"...Let's go, it's time to go back and prepare for the afternoon game."

An Yi stood up.

"Oh, that's right. Speaking of the game, I have to mention Jason's jumping style, which is really similar to Johnny. It seems that you are very competent as a jumping coach, and you are worthy of the assistant coach's salary that Joyce paid you .”

"Hahaha, there is no doubt about it. I am confident in the quality of my teaching. I feel that after Joyce is not coaching and chooses to rest in the future, I will be the symbol of the coach of the Meteor Ice Club. Wait. Look Louis, you'll have the honor of witnessing this."

After the awards ceremony was over, the audience left the arena one by one. An Yi and Johnny walked and chatted about the performance of the younger generation of skaters. They drove back to the hotel where they stayed, had lunch, and separated again.

One hour or two hours, starting from the hotel to complete all pre-competition procedures, fully warming up and putting on performance skates, at 26:[-] p.m. , six players including An Yi once again stood on the familiar ice rink.

6 minutes warm up exercise.

After the end, five people except the American player Joel Duroc left the arena and waited. As each game began to end, a cry of exclamation descended on the arena.

But don’t get me wrong, and don’t look forward to it. These exclamations are not surprises but shocks, which are caused by mistakes made by athletes in free skating.

Starting from Joel Duroc, followed by German player Leo Bodman, continued by Russian Yugenev Yeveshchenko, Canadian star, world champion, Olympic champion, Johnny Wassenberg sublimation.

Anyone who set foot on this arena and skated, as if they were cursed by the god of fate, made mistakes again and again.

'oh! ! ! '

Click!

boom--

Johnny came on stage, his free skating competition began, and the piano piece "Bell" from Liszt rang out.

The first half of the whole program was fine, but since entering the second half, his competitive state and skating performance have experienced ups and downs.

In 30 minutes and [-] seconds, the most critical group of combined jumps in the whole set of movements is a triple axel jump on the outside after a quadruple hook jump. If you turn over the ice without sliding out, your GOE will be reduced by [-].

Axel's three-point triple axel jump does not have any GOE points for poor execution quality.The left leg is bent for three and a half minutes, the buttocks are lower than the leg bend, and the right leg is placed in front of the body. During the rotation, the squatting posture is kept horizontal to the ice surface, and the posture is not well controlled. The end of the right ice skate hits twice in a row on ice.

as a result of……

It can only be said that it is fortunate that he scored high enough in the short program, otherwise it would be really difficult to guarantee his ranking in the free skating.

The free skating total score is [-], which is quite normal for other athletes, but for him it is really the lowest score he has scored since the implementation of the new rules.

So when this result appeared on the big screen in the arena, not to mention the surprise of the audience, An Yi who witnessed all this in the backcourt was also surprised.He couldn't help but wonder if the touch in the shower last night affected his physical condition.

"..."

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

Johnny exited the field and the scoring was over. When An Yi was thinking in the backcourt preparation area, the fifth Russian player started to slide.

The music is selected from the church music "Ave Maria". The whole piece is solemn and holy and very attractive, but unfortunately, Ilya Ivanov's performance is really not worthy of the selection of this program. The program slipped to pieces.

There are three most serious mistakes.

The opening hook jumped and fell.The first jump in the second half of the program, the back and outside point of the ice four weeks, and the back and outside point of the ice three weeks before falling on the ice with both feet.

In the eighth jump, with his technical level, there should never be any mistakes in the rear inner loop [-]S. When the take-off height was not enough to land on the ice and slide out, the ice blade on his left foot tripped over the ice groove on the ice surface, and he lay on the ice. superior.

The performance at that time can be described in one sentence. This is not the level that a world champion or a Winter Olympic champion should have. At that moment, he seemed to be abandoned by God.

No matter what he does or does, he will never succeed and will make mistakes.The sadness and helplessness made people feel sad, and it made people feel sorry to see him fall and get up again and again.

'Russian player Ilya Ivanov, the result after the free skate is . '

'Technical score: [-].Program content points: [-].Total free skating score: [-]. Rank: [-]. '

'wow? ! ! ! '

"..."

When the score came out, the [-] spectators at the scene collectively exclaimed. They all leaned back and stared wide-eyed, looking at the platinum-blonde man with a cold face and clenched fists on the big screen, not sure what to do. kind of reaction.

Applause is obviously inappropriate at this moment, so how about applause?

No, no, it's not good to do this, why not treat it coldly?

The man sitting on the waiting table on the big screen looked sensible with his lips pursed at this moment, but the expression in his eyes looking up at the bloody score on the screen was obvious: Don't talk to me, I need to calm down!

"...Louis, Louis!? Concentrate on my son, don't let the opponent's performance affect you."

With a weight on his shoulders and a tremor in his heart, An Yi, who had forgotten that he was already on the field, was reminded by Joyce to withdraw from his thoughts of how the ISU Grand Prix free skating would develop like this, and turned his eyes to his own. The head coach wrote with serious eyes.

"Good boy, although you have grown up and dominated the men's figure skating field for many years. But I still want to remind you, don't relax, don't stop, keep your own pace and be yourself."

"Remember what I said many times? With your talent and ability, the opponent is not Johnny, not Ilya Ivanov, but yourself. Their performance in the game, if it is good, will motivate you, if it is Don’t worry if it’s not good. What are you going to do? Create records and continue legends, do things that no one has ever done before. Become the most shining star in the history of figure skating.”

Snapped!

After finishing speaking, he pressed his hands on An Yi's shoulders and twisted them. James Joyce gave him an encouraging pat on the back, and pushed him out with his arms.

Rusting, the skates under his feet cut across the ice, An Yi closed his eyes with a calm expression, quickly reviewed the choreography of the free skating, kicked off to confirm his physical condition.

Five seconds, ten seconds, the announcement of Ilya Ivanov's free skating results by the announcer came to an end. An Yi opened his eyes with a swipe, and his mental will reached its peak.

He thought, as Joyce said, that his opponent had always been himself, and he didn't mind whether the opponent performed well or not.

The reason is very simple.

The men's figure skating field is now dominated by him, and they are chasing him, not him chasing them.

So, he's fine with being himself.

be yourself.

'The last skater in the free skating competition is Louis Watts (YIAN), from China! '

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

'Husband, come on, come on! '

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