ice emperor

Applause, cheers, and accelerated heartbeat, local time in Vancouver, Canada, at 20:[-] pm on February [-], [-], the much-anticipated No. [-] Winter Olympic Games figure skating last individual event, men's single short program The game is about to start.

In the arena, the on-site announcer made a sound to remind the other five players to withdraw from the ice rink. Soon, only An Yi was left on the 30-meter-wide and 60-meter-long ice surface. He was wearing pure black trousers and a white-blue gradient chiffon top He stood on the sidelines, holding the palms of Joyce and An Zexian with his left and right hands respectively. He closed his eyes and waited intently for the announcer to give the signal to start the game. His heartbeat was steady and his breathing was very light. There is only one thing at most, how to play better and how to skate the short program better.

At the same time, a kind of reluctance. As the game approached, the audience in the stands shouted cheers and surrounded him, prompting him to recall his 12-year career in just a few seconds, and thousands of thoughts turned into emotions. A sigh.

One minute later, he opened his eyes, looked at the two elders in front of him, and smiled under the close-up of the live broadcast camera on the field. His reluctance faded, gratitude and satisfaction filled his heart, and helped him elevate his spirit to a level of self-confidence that cannot be described in words. and calm above.

The intimidating look in the blue eyes glowed, and the pride and firmness adorned his quiet temperament.It affects his eyes and mental state before the competition performance has begun, which is in line with the theme of the short program.

"...Luis, let go of your mind and enjoy the game. I don't need to remind you how strong you are."

Inside and outside the protective wall, James Joyce had an immediate insight into the amazing competitive state of the young disciple. James Joyce raised his other hand and patted the back of his left hand, with a relaxed and comfortable smile on his face. .

"You love figure skating, don't you? Believe me, figure skating loves you too. You promote its development and progress, and it makes you brilliant. Your whole life has been closely linked with it from a long time ago."

Pop, pop, pop.

Tapping the palm of the hand, the voice fell, 57 seconds, 58 seconds, 59 seconds, the time displayed on the big screen of the Pacific Stadium jumped to [-]:[-], and a slight noise appeared in the sound system of the stadium. An Yi had a premonition that the game would start soon , shook the hands of Joyce and his father An Zexian with his fingers, let go of the funny expression of the former smiling and blessing the latter grinning, you better kill me, and turned his neck slightly to look at Several people standing at the entrance of the athlete's passage nodded, kicked the skates under their feet, and pushed their palms on the sponge cushion inside the protective wall, sliding towards the Olympic five-ring logo in the center of the ice rink.

At the same time, at exactly 6:[-], the announcer announced the name of An Yi's nationality, and the cheers that were three points higher than the six-minute warm-up suddenly came.

The 30 spectators in the ice skating hall pushed An Yi to the middle of the ice rink with the help of the sound waves far exceeding the actual number of people. They watched him straighten his sleeves and collar, and cast his gaze to the referee's seat in the north. The referee of the technical group and the referee of the art group in the rear, halfway through the [-]-second preparation time, he took the start skating posture and waited.

Behind him, there is an entire media broadcast area on the south side of the stand, which is responsible for the live commentary of the game. Commentators from various countries and regions in the world seize the last opportunity before the start of the short program to introduce the honors he has won to the audience watching the live broadcast with short program background.

The pieces of information have obviously been simplified to the extreme, but the time is still not enough, still not enough!

Even if Joe Baker of CBCSPORTS speaks very fast and spits out like a cannonball, the competition is about to start, he has just finished talking about An Yi's championship titles, and the deep meaning hidden in the sliding music this time, waiting for him to do it. make a choice.

"...Louis today's short program slide music is selected from the French composer, Charles Camille Saint-Saëns, "The Swan" in "Carnival of the Animals". The meaning is obvious, and he wants to use this career to start to say goodbye to audiences who love him all over the world.”

Ding ding dong, the piano prelude splashed in Joe Baker's voice. Standing in the center of the ice rink, An Yi took a breath and looked up at the roof of the gymnasium. Speed ​​up to the limit and finish your science popularization.

"The difference is that Louis, who was in the youth group, set off to fly to the endless sky. In this game, he is like a tourist who has been away from home for many years and longs for his soul."

"Listen! The sound of the cello is telling his story, and the dotted piano is wind, rain, and ripples. Above the ice is the present, and the reflection below the skate is his past and the glory of his life!"

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The passionate tone, the words of the chant, Joe Baker's voice fell and An Yi stood still on the ice for more than ten seconds, and at the end of the ethereal and soft piano prelude, the mellow and elegant cello played the first long note like the setting sun Moved.

Brush, he kicks the ice.

The solo cello sounded like light flickering on the lake.

Whoosh, whoosh, he twirled the skates to follow the undulating melody, raised his upper body slightly, stretched his arms toward the sky, and slid out a wave-like trajectory with one foot, blending body movements and skating footwork calmly and concisely.

Time passed, No. 30 seconds, with the sound of two long and short cello sounds, he turned his body to touch the ice to take off, supported his body to rotate with his right foot on the ice, and used his body posture to approximate the letter 'T', presenting the first technical movement of jumping and swallowing rotation.

Three laps, six laps, eight laps, swallow-up pose, donut, knife-handling, the posture is extremely elegant and light, dancing arms, flapping wings, stirring the 'lake'.

In 45 seconds, with the help of the strength of the first set of rotations, he lowered his upright upper body, lowered his raised hands to caress the ice surface and hugged his chest, and naturally and smoothly transferred to the second technical movement, changing feet without changing positions. rotation.With the ingenious connection without the slightest pyrotechnics, the [-] spectators in the Pacific Stadium held their breaths and covered their mouths and suppressed all the sounds, for fear of disturbing the beauty that was unfolding in front of them.

In the first minute, the grading step of the third technical movement begins.

Dancing with the music, An Yi, who was soaring on the ice, laughed heartily, and the skates under his feet kept changing fast and slow, showing a series of dazzling footwork like a show of skill.

To the naked eye, the movements are obviously very complicated and difficult, but what is weird is that when the speed of the skates under the feet is combined with the slowness of the upper limbs and arms, it leaves people with only beauty.

That kind of feeling, the mountains, rivers and rivers are integrated, a swan dances its wings and skims over the lake, with dazzling ripples under its feet, the gold, red, purple and white are breathtaking.

Simple and direct, through the eyes of all those who saw this scene rushed into the heart and told the whole world, he, An Yi!How far have you mastered the most boring and uninteresting technical movement of gliding footwork?

"...きれいだね (kileidane, so beautiful), this group of grading steps."

The short program competition was about halfway through, and audiences all over the world fell into the dance woven by An Yi and couldn't extricate themselves, the female commentator from Japan's NHK in the broadcast area on the south side of the Pacific Stadium, let out admiration that she didn't realize.

On the other side, near the entrance and exit of the ice rink, James Joyce and An Zexian, who knew that An Yi's short program was about to enter a critical stage, had their legs slightly bent and their bodies lowered their center of gravity to prepare for the battle.

next moment!

After a brilliant cello cadenza, An Yi on the ice didn't see any preparations. He stepped on the undissipated violin tail sound, turned the rear outer edge of his left foot to the front outer edge, slid forward with his left leg, bent his body and sank.The right leg and the right foot swung vigorously from the back to the front, and the left ice blade suddenly turned outward. With the inertia brought by the right leg from the back to the front, the strength of the arms from bottom to top took off, grasping firmly Hold the two-second blank in the background melody, take a handful of ice crystals to the sky, put your arms together and start spinning.

The first and a half laps, the second and a half laps, the third and a half laps, the fourth and a half laps!Falling down, stepping on the ice with the rear outer edge of the right foot, stretching the left leg and sliding out the arm swinging smoothly, looking back, the blue eyes swept across the stands on all sides to connect the past and the present.Without most people on and off the court realizing it, Axel performed a world-shocking technique, a quadruple jump.

"Wow?!!"

"QuadAxel! The absolute king of figure skating men's singles, Chinese Louis Watts is here today! On the field of the No.20 Winter Olympic Games! He successfully completed the first in the history of figure skating, the wonderful QuadAxel again Created a miracle once! Once again in his career, he left a brilliant record that no one can deny!!"

Taking a quick glance, the audience who hadn't woken up from the solitary king's dance didn't respond. On the south side of the stand, the media represented by CCTV[-], CBC, NHK, NBC, and Russian state television had collectively fallen into a climax. Shout out the name of Axel's quadruple jump in the language of their respective countries.

Immediately afterwards, when An Yi on the ice performed the next set of jumps, hooked around the hook and followed by the outer point of the ice three-week joint jump, and also completed it perfectly, it was displayed on the big screen at the scene, and the upper left corner of the live video signal The real-time technical score finally jumped up and jumped after the referees in the technical group did not know how many times, and they increased by [-] points and [-] points at one time.

The amazing fact that An Yi successfully completed Axel's quadruple jump was completely confirmed. The shocking frontcourt and backcourt, everyone who knew what crazy moves he was going to make in this short program, grew their mouths, His eyes widened and he lost his voice.

"The sixth technical movement, Axel's triple axel! The seventh technical movement, the joint rotation of changing feet..."

"Okay An Yi! You really are the best An Yi!! Unbelievable! It's unbelievable!"

"Our country's figure skating men's singles is proud of An Yi. The last technical move has just ended, and his short program real-time technical score has climbed to an astonishing 1 points! Although it is still fluctuating and adjusting the execution score, we can already announce it! No.[-] figure skating men's singles short program competition in the Winter Olympics, there is no suspense!"

Beijing time, at 25:[-]:[-] am on December [-]th, all TV speakers in China locked on CCTV[-] to watch the men's singles short program competition of this Winter Olympic Games, the commentator Hu Yue was so excited With an incoherent voice, An Yi, who finished his short program flawlessly on the TV screen, at the same time let go of the hand that was holding the ice blade on his right foot and pulled his right foot over his head. Respond to the uncontrollable screams of tens of millions of ice fans in front of the TV screen with an infinitely beautiful and warm smile.

Ten seconds, 15 seconds, similar to An Yi's "calmness" at the opening, the ice fans who finally woke up after a period of time aftertaste, followed closely the footsteps of relatives and friends applauding and congratulating An Yi at the entrance and exit of the ice rink, and there was a bang that was enough to shake the whole building The Pacific Gymnasium woke up the screams of all the participating athletes and coaches in the backcourt preparation area.

All stood up, waving flags and aids frantically, flocking to the edge of the stands and throwing bouquets, dolls, and bags of candy in their hands, expressing their love for the man in the center of the ice rink with practical actions.

Look at An Yi again.

He stood still on the ice and withdrew his hand. After the announcer announced his nationality for the second time, he raised his arms and bowed, thanking the [-] spectators for their support.He straightened his body and turned to the front of the other side of the stand, leaving a questioning look to all the 'judges' on the referee's bench in the north, as if they were asking——

This is me.

I will go all out to win the Winter Olympics three times in a row.

What are you going to do with me?

Balance, suspense, I understand.

But I'm curious, what's the point of all this when I'm firing on all cylinders and creating a moat, and will it ever happen again.

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'Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh' ! ! '

'An Yi!An Yi!An Yi! '

'AN! ! '

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