ice emperor

'American skater Joel Duroc's score after free skating was .Technical score: [-].Program content points: [-].Total free skating score: [-]. Rank: [-]. '

Hush huh huh.

'German player, Leo Bodman, after the free skating was .Technical score: [-].Program content points: [-].Total free skating score: [-]. Rank: [-]. '

Hush huh huh.

'The next player to compete was Ilya Ivanov from Russia, after the short program he ended up with...'

'Yahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! ! '

'Ilya! '

'Ilya! ! '

'...'

Tears, applause, screams, the top three players in the last group of men's singles free skating figure skating exited the ice rink after skating, and countless spectators waited for hours for the peak duel.

The entrance and exit of the ice rink opened, and amidst the deafening shouts of [-] spectators at the Paravina Stadium, Ilya Ivanov, wearing a white performance suit and with half-length platinum curly hair tied into a ponytail, stepped on the stage. On the field, I briefly exchanged a few words with the head coach Alexey Wilkin who was standing outside the protective wall. After hearing the announcement from the on-site announcer, I kicked and turned my skates, and slid to the center of the ice rink in just five seconds. .

Then, he turned his sights to the entrance of the athlete passage in the northwest corner of the infield.A pair of dark green eyes swept across An Yi and Johnny in turn. He lowered his head and closed his eyes, sinking his mind into the game that was about to start.

He doesn't care at all whether the two opponents who are talking are related to him or not.Anyway...whether it's good or bad, praise or derogation, he doesn't care.He won't let this kind of experience happen countless times again, like the outside world sometimes praises his voice and sometimes bad-mouths him, which once again affects his mind.

hiss.

call.

"Louis, you said that this brave old man has received so many injections, will his muscles be affected by procaine during the competition, and he will not be able to control the force well when performing technical movements?"

"Ho, I have to say, as a mortal enemy, I definitely want to beat him in my heart, but I don't want to do it in the way that his injury relapses, his competitive state is unstable, and he makes mistakes in the free skating program. God bless, in the injection The anesthesia component of the game should not affect his performance, if he wins too easily, I will be very disappointed."

"..."

Up and down the field, inside and outside the protective wall, when Ilya Ivanov set off to the front field to prepare for the game, he followed him tacitly and left the back field together so that Johnny and An Yi, who watched his game at the closest distance, could talk and listen to each other. The same time and place, the eyes looking at the same thing, but the things in the mind are completely different.

Since Elijah's comeback, he has regarded him as Johnny who wants to defeat his goal even if he dies. He is worried about his old opponent's physical condition and wants to win a fair victory.

Standing beside him, An Yi, who was staring at the man on the ice with blue eyes, was in a daze. The reason was that Ilya Ivanov was wearing a performance costume and opened his arms to welcome something, which seemed familiar.

Recalling the past, if I remember correctly, whether it is clothes or movements, they all came from his first program "Death of the Swan" after his comeback. His elegant and quiet temperament, tall and handsome figure and face are still the same, with only a few differences. It is thinner, colder, more stubborn, and the feeling of insisting on something has substance.

As for his injuries, to be honest, he cared but wasn't worried.I am [-]% sure that this opponent who bears the name of "legend" will burn everything in himself, try his best to do his best and create miracles just like he said in the post-match press conference of the short program.

hum-

Looking at the eyes and thinking in my heart, the 30-second countdown ended, and the quiet and heavy cello played the first note. One of the highlights of the Turin Winter Olympics figure skating men's singles final was the "Ave Maria" duel. Ilya Ivano husband version is enabled.

On the ice rink, the tall Russian danced lightly and softly, opening his left and right arms to meet what was waiting for him, and gradually retracting his left foot in front of his right foot. He kicked hard, and his sharp skates cut across the ice surface. Watching him gliding through the referee's seat under the north stand with his eyes downcast and his chest full of nostalgia, he leaned over and stretched his arms to the east side of the ice rink.

Stepping faster, sliding footwork changes, under the watchful eyes of hundreds of millions of spectators all over the world, he uses the front outer edge of his left foot to turn the rear inner edge to prepare for the first technical action, and half a second later, the right foot of the floating foot rubs from the outside to the inside On the ice surface, lower the center of gravity of the body and take off with the left foot skate, and the body jumps up to the sky and starts to rotate.

After a full four weeks of falling, there was a burst of cheers and cheers. With almost the ultimate efficiency of movement execution, at the opening 40 seconds of the free skating, he presented the first movement and then jumped around the inner knot, marking the beginning of the whole free skating program. A good start.

'Oh! ? '

Hush huh huh.

Jumping up and down, sliding out to speed up, coming from the east side of the ice rink to the center, Ilya Ivanov made persistent efforts after one movement, and jumped up again when his body was close to the west side of the field, with the eyes of hundreds of millions of people, Completed the second set of jumps, double-jumping on the back-outside ice and then on the back-outside ice.

Then, a joint rotation of jumping and changing feet, followed by a triple axel on the back of the ice.After falling, he uses the outer edge of his right foot to draw a circle and turn to the fifth technical action "continuing step", sublimating the emotions wrapped around his body, expressing reluctance, longing, and nostalgia with the ice skate under his feet. The hymn originally praising the Virgin has slipped into an alternative memory expressing one's deepest feelings.

brush.

The skates broke through the ice, and he danced and slid indulgently. Even though the blades of the skates under his feet were of different depths due to the influence of drugs, the strong emotions still fermented with his body movements, and infected more and more people. people.

Look at his eyes!

look at his face!

Watching him trembling, bit by bit his lips pressed together, sliding from one side of the ice rink to the other, clenching his fists and shouting silently when he stopped at the next step, the gestures and actions that made the audience's blood boil!

I miss all of this, I enjoy all of this, how much I can't bear to part with all of these feelings, it is so abundant that it overflows the stadium and it is moving.Especially when people who are familiar with his experience see all this and think of the ups and downs in his entire career, they feel mixed feelings in their hearts, but they can't express it.

All I can do is scream and applaud to cheer for him, use the tears from the corners of my eyes as rain to wash away the pain in his body, and pray from the bottom of my heart that he can truly enjoy life after retirement and enjoy the benefits of figure skating. happy.

'Ilya! '

'You are full of grace! '

'Hail!Hail!Elijah!The Lord be with you—'

Boom boom boom.

"..."

At two minutes and 20 seconds, halfway through the free skating program, the accumulation of emotions promoted by the step-by-step was surging. On the ice rink, Ilya Ivanov successfully completed the most difficult and most important set of jumps in the second half of the program. After a three-week double jump on the back and outside ice, it broke out suddenly.

chapped.

He jumped up and spun off the ice, and thousands of spectators in the stands around the scene spontaneously sang praises to the background music of the free skating.

The name of God, the name of the Holy Mother, my God Jehovah (Илья, Ilya), we are with you resounding throughout the arena, and hundreds of millions of people, including An Yi and Johnny, lost their lives all over the world. sounded.

But is that enough?

Do not!

The man who tried his best on the ice rink, not for his dreams but for the perfect completion of the last game of his career, was fully fired. After performing three sets of quadruple jumps, he felt that it was not enough. The fourth jump was up and the fourth was down, completing a take-off Although the height is a little lacking, it is enough to turn around completely, and the stage of falling ice and skating can be regarded as a complete back and outside point ice quadruple jump.

The shouts and applause from the excited audience on the four sides of the stands pushed the atmosphere of the arena to another climax in one go.It also made people who knew what choice he made not long ago shake their heads and sigh, and were moved by his strength and his courage to focus on the present and not care about the future.

Program sequence steps.

At 40 minutes and 1 seconds, the free skating entered the final minute countdown, and the man on the ice rink whose forehead and neck were covered with sweat began to wrap up the program.

He is very tired.

He was almost unable to slide.

Although the injection site does not hurt, there is no sensation as if it does not exist. The severe pain during the injection seems to be just an illusion.

How similar isn't it.

True or false, it is like his once brilliant career, which has been eulogized by countless people.

How many years have passed, he has gone from failure to the present, being liked by others, hated by others, standing on the verge of giving up countless times, but in the end he made the opposite decision to go back and continue walking... because of what?

The answer is actually very simple.

It's unwillingness, it's love.

And thank you.

Ilya Ivanov smiled as he thought of many things while gliding, the skates shone, he opened his heart.

Different from the relieved smile in the short program, this time he smiled gratefully.

Countless people who have supported him from childhood to adulthood have inspired him to continue to move forward, and the figures of people who have come to the present flashed across his mind, occupying his sight, filling his heart, and making him convinced!

Regardless of the past, present or future, even if his physical condition becomes worse than it is now because of this sport he loves deeply, he will not feel regretful.

boom!

In the last technical move, the joint rotation of changing feet stopped, and the left foot skate stamped on the ice. For actions on ice, exhaustion usually ends the whole set of free skating with such an action.

'...'

One second or two seconds, there was a moment of silence in the huge Paravina Stadium, and more than 5000 people in the front and back courts locked their eyes on him.Immediately afterwards, the figures in the stands stood up and burst into cheers, drowning out the voices of the on-site announcers who followed closely behind.

On the field, Ilya stood up and raised his head. He had just adjusted his stance and was ready to thank the audience for their support. His heart trembled and his ears caught a wave of sound, and he looked over. He was surprised and complicated to find the two protagonists who have been walking more and more unsmoothly since his comeback. Stepping out of the athlete's aisle, he walked to his head coach and applauded his performance just now.

What should he do?Accept with a smile or pretend not to see?

Nasty guys.He had never met such a strange person!

'Ilya Ivanov—'

'Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh' ! ! ! '

'Ilya! '

'Ilya! '

The applause and cheers continued, and the platinum-blonde man, who couldn't tell what he was feeling, calmed down, waved and bowed to the stands on all sides to thank the enthusiastic audience, and slid his skates to the entrance and exit of the ice rink to complete the ice handover with Johnny. While sitting in the upper class and waiting for the score, he witnessed with his own eyes how the two kings who were eight years younger than him encouraged the opponent who was about to start the game in a way without a sense of crisis.

friend?

To be honest, seeing them laughing so happily and without burden, he couldn't help being a little envious.

In the past, the relationship between them was not good due to the relationship between competitors, but he has retired now.Maybe try...

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

In 2 minutes and 3 minutes, the highlights were shown on the big screen in the arena. Ilya watched the interaction between An Yi and Johnny, and as time passed, an idea came to his mind. The on-site announcer got the free skating score from the scoring referee and began to announce the results.

'Technical score: [-].Program content points: [-]. '

'Total free skating score: [-].Olympic total score: [-]. A new world record! '

'wow! ! ! '

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